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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 09:47 AM
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Has it occurred to anyone in power that when states are making all
these draconian cuts in education, social services, services to disabilities and special needs people, etc., that we might actually consider cutting funds to


the jails?




Are legislators in any state talking about this?


There was a show on ETV not long ago about how much money SC spends on jails, how much more than we did a few decades ago, but I missed it. If anyone saw it, please check in.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 09:49 AM
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1. or the pentagon? naw...war and jailing are the american way
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twiceshy Donating Member (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 10:15 AM
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2. California, I believe, is making major cuts. NT
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 10:35 AM
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3. Yes it has
Here in Wisconsin they just released a bunch of people early. It's been all over the news.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 10:55 AM
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4. Alaska "outsources" it's prisoners.
I think Arizona gets the majority, but hell Mexico may be willing to take em cheap...:shrug:
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