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'Prison budget cuts must not lead to more prisoners'

An editorial in the Beaumont Enterprise with the same title as this post IMO makes exactly the right point about the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's finalized cuts for the current fiscal year. They're okay with cuts to the food budget, but:We're not so enthusiastic about additional plans to cut 555 non-guard positions in the state prison system.Many of those employees are charged with making sure that prisoners don't come back once they are released.For example, 155 jobs would be cut from Project RIO, which stands for Re-Integration of Offenders. Those employees help inmates make the transition from the tightly controlled world of a prison to the vast challenges and temptations of the outside.And even though no parole officers will be cut, some of their support staff will...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 28, 2011 (boomark / email).