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| Budget Cuts May Hobble FL Prisons |
| By MIKE SALINERO TampaBay Online |
| Published: 03/20/2009 |
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TALLAHASSEE - Florida's corrections system would have to close prisons and end education and substance abuse programs under a state budget scenario unveiled Thursday. Walter McNeil, secretary of the Department of Corrections, shocked members of the state Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee with a report on how a 15 percent, across-the-board budget reduction would affect his department. The Senate asked all state departments to conduct the budget-cutting exercise based on projections that next year's revenue will be short about $3.1 billion. McNeil said a 15 percent cut would reduce department revenue by $342 million. Because more than 86 percent of the department's budget goes to security and health care, cuts that deep can't be achieved without closing prisons. "A 15 percent cut can only be achieved by reducing our prison population," McNeil said. McNeil said after the meeting that his department would not have to cut employees or close prisons under Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed budget. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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