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OR: Business Group Says Suspend Measure 57 for Two Years

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Oregon lawmakers might curb prison spending 5/2/2009, 3:41 p.m. PT BRAD CAIN The Associated Press (AP) ? SALEM, Ore. - A business group floated a plan this week aimed at protecting school funding by suspending implementation of a get-tough-on-crime measure endorsed by Oregon voters last fall. It's a politically charged proposal, though. Opponents say it would thwart the will of voters who approved Measure 57 to lengthen prison sentences for repeat property and drug crimes and mandate drug and alcohol treatment for certain offenders. However, the idea is gaining some traction at the Capitol as lawmakers and Gov. Ted Kulongoski struggle to find ways to pay for key services at a time of shrinking state revenue and an increasing prison population...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).