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CA: Editorial- No more options in state prisons' future

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Editorial- No more options in state prisons' future San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, August 2, 2009 When it comes to California's broken prison system, the budget crisis may have finally left us with no option other than to do the right thing. Sacramento has known what the right thing is for years. We must avoid sending so many people to prison, through a combination of rehabilitation, parole reform and changes in our draconian sentencing laws. For decades, the corrections budget has swallowed more and more of the state's general fund, starving priorities like higher education. But the political ramifications of looking "soft on crime" cowed legislators and governors alike. So we built prison after prison and stuffed them all to overcapacity...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 02, 2009 (boomark / email).