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| OpEd: Mich. must control population |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 06/17/2008 |
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MICHIGAN - The State of Michigan will never fix its chronic budget problems without controlling its exploding prison population, which now costs taxpayers $2 billion a year -- 20% of the state's general fund. That's not a political assertion. It's the conclusion of a report released last week by the independent and nonpartisan Citizens Research Council of Michigan. Michigan -- for no good reason -- incarcerates at a rate 47% higher than the other seven Great Lakes states, costing taxpayers here an added $500 million a year. That's unconscionable and unrealistic in a state with pressing education, health care, job training, transportation and other needs. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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