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"Florida Senators Look to Texas for Prison System Cuts"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting local article, which also carries the (somewhat amusing) sub-headline of "But money-saving programs could be too costly in tight budget year."  Here is how piece starts: Florida legislators were treated to a tutorial Monday in criminal justice, Texas-style. Not so much the death penalty Texas-style justice, but the money-saving, cost-reducing style of the criminal justice system that conservative Texas has become known for since instituting reforms in 2007. ?Texas has a notorious reputation. It?s a tough-on-crime state,? Texas Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Plano, told a joint meeting of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee and Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Subcommittee. But that tough reputation now includes drug and alcohol treatment programs, less stringent penalties for parole and probation violations, and improved mental health care...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).