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ACLU criticizes prison funding trend
By Las Vegas Sun
Published: 07/05/2007

LAS VEGAS, NV - With Nevada's prison system eating up a larger chunk of the state budget, critics ranging from a state Supreme Court justice to the American Civil Liberties Union are calling for curbing growing inmate populations and spiraling costs.

"We need to look at whether we're being smart about the way we punish and incarcerate inmates in this state," Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty told the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a Thursday report. Read more.

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