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| Report: Corrections can do more to fight gangs |
| By Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Published: 01/06/2009 |
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WASHINGTON - Efforts to combat gang activity have ramped up with gang crime across the state in recent years. State lawmakers took notice of the problem last year, approving $750,000 to help law enforcement agencies target gangs and combat graffiti. The problem: An early version of that bill sought some $13 million. Now a new report recommends more efforts the state Department of Corrections can take to combat gang activity in prisons, but most require spending more money at a time when the state faces a budget crisis. "There's a revenue shortfall that is of a magnitude that I haven't experienced in my lifetime," said Dan Pacholke, deputy director of the Corrections Department. "With that, state government is making all kinds of hard choices for what they do for the elderly, children and basic health care. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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