Post by CC on Jun 5, 2009 23:36:45 GMT -5
CA Corrections: Programs, upkeep, face cuts
By sfgate.com
Published: 05/31/2009
The proposal
The governor's budget proposals include plans to save $2.1 billion through cuts in state prisons. Specifically, the revised budget would save $1.7 billion over the next two years by reducing the prison system's contract expenses, including rehabilitation services such as substance abuse counseling, vocational training and educational programs, as well as an elimination of building maintenance services for 2009-10.
The proposal would also save $120.5 million in 2009-10 by commuting the sentences of non-violent, nonserious, non-sex offenders one year early. In addition, the governor's budget cuts would save $182.1 million by reducing the population of undocumented immigrants in the state prisons and an additional $99.9 million by sentencing low-level offenders to serve county jail terms rather than in state prisons.
By sfgate.com
Published: 05/31/2009
The proposal
The governor's budget proposals include plans to save $2.1 billion through cuts in state prisons. Specifically, the revised budget would save $1.7 billion over the next two years by reducing the prison system's contract expenses, including rehabilitation services such as substance abuse counseling, vocational training and educational programs, as well as an elimination of building maintenance services for 2009-10.
The proposal would also save $120.5 million in 2009-10 by commuting the sentences of non-violent, nonserious, non-sex offenders one year early. In addition, the governor's budget cuts would save $182.1 million by reducing the population of undocumented immigrants in the state prisons and an additional $99.9 million by sentencing low-level offenders to serve county jail terms rather than in state prisons.