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CA: Lawmaker fights closing of youth prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Alyson Huber fights Preston youth prison closure Marisa Lagos, San Fransisco Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, December 10, 2010 A plan to shut down one of the state's few remaining juvenile justice facilities to save tens of millions of dollars a year is running into opposition in Sacramento, where a state lawmaker is worried about the loss of jobs in her district. The fight over shuttering Preston Youth Correctional Facility in rural Ione (Amador County) illustrates the difficulty state leaders face as they try to plug a $25.4 billion budget gap while keeping the support of the people who put them in the Capitol. It also underscores a gloomy reality highlighted during Gov.-elect Jerry Brown's budget forum Wednesday: Reducing the deficit, whether by cutting spending or increasing revenue, could worsen the economy...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 12, 2010 (boomark / email).