Runaway Prison Costs Trash State Budgets
30. Jun, 2011 
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The prison system in the U.S. is in crisis mode. States across the country are grappling with massive budget shortfalls, much of which can be credited to the runaway growth of prison budgets over the past 25 years. At $50 billion spent on corrections a year nationwide, it’s the second-largest state expenditure behind Medicaid. To put it [...]
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