State: Prison guards costing $100 million were hired without permission

Mercury News ^ | 2/11/04 | Mark Gladstone

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SACRAMENTO - During the past four years, California's troubled prison system hired 1,000 guards at a cost of up to $100 million and without permission from the Legislature, state finance officials revealed Wednesday.

In fact, the non-partisan legislative analysts office told lawmakers that the Department of Corrections budget in recent years grew at a faster rate than the inmate population. Over the past decade, the budget has doubled, to about $6 billion, while the number of inmates jumped only about 20 percent, to roughly 160,000.

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California government.. almost bankrupt..

Calfornia democRats .. still spending..

California penal institutions ... Priceless

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As you know, the prison building frenzy in CA was instigated by the War on Drugs.

And how many of the prison inmates are Illegal Aliens ?

Many of these guys do not need to be in prison, but in tent camps, out in the Mohave. Too much coddling in air-conditioned cells.

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And how many of the prison inmates are Illegal Aliens ?

Many.