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| California Corrections Budget Continues to Increase |
| By correctionalnews.com |
| Published: 01/28/2016 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown announced a plan, titled “The Future of California Corrections,” that detailed how the state government was going to change the state’s prison system. Not only did the plan meet a court mandate to reduce prison overcrowding, but it said it would help improve criminal sentencing and save billions of dollars. Four years later, the state has reduced its population by 30,000 inmates and is one of the country’s leaders in prison reform; however, the costs of housing inmates has actually risen instead of decreased, reported Reuters. The cost of housing, feeding and caring for an inmate in California is now $64,000 annually, compared to $49,000 five years ago. This fiscal year, California’s correction budget will be one of the largest ever at $10.1 billion, according to Reuters. Outside of the corrections budget, the state also spends $1 billion annually to help counties coordinate sentencing alternatives and house higher numbers of inmates serving in local jails. Additionally, $2.2 billion of state money is slated for county jail construction. Read More. |
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