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| Prisoners to pay for health care? |
| By winonadailynews.com |
| Published: 03/23/2011 |
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State House Republicans proposed Tuesday that Minnesota prisoners be forced to make a $5 co-pay for every visit they make to a health care provider. That’s just one proposal in the House GOP’s proposed two-year budget for public safety and corrections. The Republican plan proposes spending about $1 billion on corrections and other public safety programs, about $55 million less than what Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed. The GOP would achieve those savings with cuts to programs for crime victims and battered women, reductions in spending at the state Department of Corrections and Bureau of Criminal Affairs, and shifts to the state general fund from a handful of special revenue funds including a state fire safety account that has funded training for firefighters. The Republican proposal would trim pension benefits for all Department of Corrections employees who don’t directly guard prisoners. State Corrections Commissioner Thomas Roy told the committee that many non-guards still work with prisoners and face the same risks as guards. House Republicans also proposed slashing more than half of state funding for the Department of Human Rights, which investigates charges of illegal discrimination. Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder, sponsor of the public safety budget bill, said the intent is that the Department of Human Rights would no longer provide education or outreach programs. Read More. |
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Outstanding idea. Now every time an inmate just wants to get out of work or wants to get felt up by a nurse he'll think twice if he has to pay for the visit.