Criminal
Jun. 1, 2005
In Reality of State Prison System, 'Corrections' Is A Misnomer
Californians paid $5.4 billion dollars for youth and adult corrections in the budget year 2003-2004. The proposed expenditure for 2005-2006 is more than $7 billion dollars, an increase of nearly 23 percent. In fact, spending on corrections is slated to surpass that for higher education, which is expected to see funding reduced over the same period of time.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender, Kern County Public Defender's Office
Californians paid $5.4 billion dollars for youth and adult corrections in the budget year 2003-2004. The proposed expenditure for 2005-2006 is more than $7 billion dollars, an increase of nearly 23 percent. In fact, spending on corrections is slated to surpass that for higher education, which is expected to see funding reduced over the same period of time.
What justifies the generosity of the raise? The answer is failure.
The twist, however, is that the failure cannot be fa...
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