September 6, 2009
Prisons impasse costs taxpayers $3.3 million a day
Deadlock in the California Legislature over prison cuts is costing taxpayers millions per day as lawmakers debate changing tough-on-crime policies that have sent prison populations and costs soaring.
Democrats, who control the Legislature, are divided over exactly how far to go in easing punishment or supervision of low-level offenders, while focusing resources on dangerous criminals.
The fiscal crunch grows by $3.3 million per day because the state budget anticipated that a deal on how to cut $1.2 billion from prisons would be struck in July, not mired in politics for months…
LINK - SacBee.com
