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| OpEd: Too much money wasted |
| By Ventura County Star |
| Published: 12/30/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - There is no more sacred a cow in California state government than the prison system, whose population has multiplied by seven since 1980 to a total of about 170,000. Even while politicians incessantly say they're looking for every dime of waste, they never finger prisons. They should. Fear of crime was the initial reason for this untouchable status, which started as Californians imposed a variety of mandatory sentencing rules, including the 1994 three-strikes-youre-out law. These led to building new prisons that quickly became as overcrowded as the old ones, eventually making the prison [officers] union, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the single most powerful special interest in Sacramento. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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