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| Revised Prison Budget Submitted |
| By statesman.com |
| Published: 02/10/2011 |
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UPDATED at 5:50 p.m.: Prison officials have just responded to word that they have submitted a revised budget-cutting plan: “We continue to work with the governor and the legislature on ways to reduce FY 2011 expenditures by up to 2.5 percent,” spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said in a statement. “We appreciate the efforts of all involved to help mitigate the most negative effects of budget reductions. Once finalized, all the measures by which TDCJ will reduce FY 2011 expenditures will be posted on the agency website.” EARLIER: State prison officials, their initial budget-cutting plans rejected by legislative leaders, have shuffled the deck and come up with a new proposal to cut more administrative jobs and close two prisons earlier than planned as a way to save $50 million. The revised plan, provided to Senate and House leaders yesterday, would lay off an additional 400 administrative workers at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and move up the planned closure of the 1,000-bed Central Unit near Sugar Land to sometime before Aug. 31. Read More. |
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