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| Report: TX needs fewer prisons |
| By The Houston Chronicle |
| Published: 01/30/2007 |
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AUSTIN, TX - More drug and alcohol treatment and fewer new prison cells could save Texas $442 million over the next five years, according to a major report that will be presented to House and Senate criminal justice committees Monday. The federally funded report, first obtained by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, will recommend saving $377 million by avoiding construction of new prisons for up to 5,000 more inmates. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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