by Bob Walsh
The HMFIC of the formerly great state of California, Gavin Newsom, is still angling to close one state prison. The state LAO wants him to actually shut down two prisons. Several of the state's older prisons (especially San Quentin with Folsom a close second) are very expensive to maintain.
Newsom wants to get all state prisoners out of contract prisons. CA has about 123,500 people in actual custody and can only house 117,000 per federal court order. The excess are housed in private prisons, rented county beds and rented facilities staffed by state employees.
Current law requires the state pull all prisoners out of contract beds before they begin to close actual state facilities.
The LAO claims the state could save $100 million by closing two prisons. Newsom is smart enough to acknowledge that if the union and the legislature does not support this move it probably isn't going to happen.
2 comments:
"The LAO claims the state could save $100 million by closing two prisons."
Ya. I can save money by not changing the oil in my truck as well. In the short term.
We could save a lot of money by flogging instead of incarcerating, and executing most convicted felons.
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