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| Prison spending could top $10B |
| By The Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 01/11/2007 |
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LOS ANGELES, CA - Driven by pay hikes and court orders, spending for state prisons next year is projected to top $10 billion in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's new budget - a virtual doubling over the past seven years. Salary increases for the 62,700 employees in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation accounted for $360 million of the increase. The federal courts, meanwhile, have ordered up more than $400 million in new spending, with much of that money paying for new doctors, nurses, dentists and other clinicians, according to corrections officials. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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