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The Yo-Yo Effect: TYC blamed by Lege for costs it was ordered to assume

I don't quite know what to make of a report from Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman that legislators are worried TYC's cost per youth is too high and want them to make cuts. Reacting to a new report from LBB (pdf) on costs at criminal justice agencies, Ward writes ("Texas spends $99k per year to lock up each troubled youth," March 4) that:Even though the Texas Youth Commission's incarcerated population has dropped by almost half in two years, the annual cost of locking up juvenile offenders in Texas has climbed to almost $99,000 per inmate ? a 66 percent jump since 2006. With a tight state budget and a tough economy, legislative leaders say that is too costly, and they are moving to cut spending at the commission. ...The Youth Commission budget dropped from $314...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 04, 2009 (boomark / email).