In his final State of the State speech last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the possibility of privatizing state prisons as a way of saving money for increased university spending.
The state spends about $52,000 on each of its roughly 165,000 prisoners annually, in comparison to $32,000 in other states, officials said. Now the governor and state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are looking into bringing the private sector in as a means of driving costs down.
"Spending 45 percent more on prisons than universities is no way to proceed into the future," Schwarzenegger said in his yearly address. "What does it say about a state that focuses more on prison uniforms than caps and gowns? It simply is not healthy."
Read the story... | Source: Pasadena Star | Posted: 1/16/10
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