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| OpEd: Gov. finally wants reform |
| By The Mercury News |
| Published: 01/08/2009 |
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CALIFORNIA - There may yet be a silver lining behind the calamitous $41 billion state budget deficit. It may force policy changes and budget cuts for a once-untouchable area of spending: state prisons. Faced with uncontrolled prison costs and a panel of federal judges poised to place a cap on the prison population, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to eliminate parole for nonviolent offenders. Doing so, along with additional early-release credits for inmates who complete vocational and education programs, would slow the revolving door of parole violators needlessly returned to prison. And that, in turn, would reduce prison crowding and save nearly $600 million — the bulk of the 8.7 percent Schwarzenegger plans to cut from the $9.6 billion Corrections Department budget. The governor must be doing this under duress. Two years ago, he jammed through a compliant Legislature a $9 billion bond for prison expansion that, fortunately, remains stalled. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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