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OR Gov. Race Heats Up Over Prison Budgets
By statesmanjournal.com
Published: 10/19/2010

Reining in prison costs poses a complex, politically risky task for Oregon's next governor.

The gubernatorial candidates — Democrat John Kitzhaber and Republican rival Chris Dudley — have staked out common ground, as well as some divergence, in their prison proposals.

So far, though, neither has offered a comprehensive vision for the 14-institution corrections system.

Both candidates are targeting labor costs as a key to holding the line on corrections costs.

Both have called for examining approaches taken by other states to curb spiraling corrections costs.

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