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The Cost Issue in Pennsylvania

By Steve Hall

Ben Wolfgang writes, "Cost-cutting panel hears suggestions to reduce number of state inmates," for today's Pottsville Republican-Herald.Three weeks before making its recommendations, a cost-cutting panel on Monday focused on one of Pennsylvania's fastest-growing expenses - its prison system."Corrections has mushroomed to the third-largest allocation in our state budget, behind health care and education," said Jean Bickmire, administrative and legislative director of the nonprofit Justice and Mercy Inc., a Lancaster County organization that promotes prison system reforms. "The Legislature must start taking the actions that will change the direction from building prisons at soaring costs to less expensive and proven alternatives...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).