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Vera Institute: At least 23 states spend less on prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 At least 23 states spend less on prisons By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=418338 A survey of 33 states by the Vera Institute of Justice found that 23 have slashed funding for corrections this year: * Alabama * Alaska * Arizona * Delaware * Georgia * Idaho * Iowa * Kansas * Louisiana * Maryland * Massachusetts * Minnesota * Missouri * Montana * Nebraska * Nevada * New Mexico * New York * Oregon * Rhode Island * South Carolina * Virginia * Washington A $1 billion cost-cutting plan announced last week by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) will translate into layoffs for more than a thousand state prison workers. In Oregon, a voter-approved plan to hand longer prison sentences to those who commit property crimes was delayed by state lawmakers who said they could not pay for it...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 12, 2009 (boomark / email).