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Billions in prison bond funds sought
By Sacramento Bee
Published: 08/02/2006

SACRAMENTO, CA - The Schwarzenegger administration will ask the Legislature next week to approve nearly $5.8 billion in bonds to relieve prison overcrowding and pave the way for lawbreakers to break their cycle of crime.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation acting Secretary James Tilton, laying out the cost of the administration's prison plan for the first time in a Tuesday press conference, characterized the expense as a necessary "investment" needed to solve the intractable overcrowding and recidivism problems. Read more.

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