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| County must add jail staff |
| By The Mercury News |
| Published: 05/19/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - There's an oft-heard refrain in the world of social services: If you don't treat the addicted, care for the mentally ill and house the homeless, they will end up burdening taxpayers in a higher-cost setting - the local jail. This year, Santa Clara County is offering some powerful evidence to bolster that argument. After a week of budget hearings, county supervisors are poised to approve a spending plan once again battered by state and local cuts to social programs. But amid the severe scaling back to address a growing $172.4 million general fund shortfall, supervisors are expected to add staff to the Department of Correction and the Probation Department. Both departments are seeing a marked rise in inmates. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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