Prison Budget is Spiraling Out Of Control

Gov. Bill Ritter described prison costs as spiraling - "some would say spiraling out of control," he said in a meeting with the JBC on Tuesday. We know that they have been cutting other state budgets to cover the cost of prisons for years. It can't go on as CCJRC has been trying to point out over that same amount of time. Our last administration was disinclined to do anything about the crisis. However this governor and his staff seem to understand that defunding education and funding incarceration will give you exactly what you pay for.

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