Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes leave prisons packed pending post-Rita patch up
Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes leave prisons packed pending post-Rita patch up: "Thanks to God and the Governor, Texas' prison overcrowding crisis just got a lot worse.
It turns out, Hurricane Rita severely damaged two Texas prison units near Beaumont, forcing the state to start leasing beds from county jails and private prisons more rapidly than predicted, reported the Oct. 4 Austin Statesman ('Rita fills Texas prison system'). Exacerbating the problem, this spring Governor Perry vetoed legislation aimed at reducing overincarceration pressures, as well as additional money for leasing beds. Now, in the wake of Rita, those short-sighted decisions are coming back to bite the state in the ass"
It turns out, Hurricane Rita severely damaged two Texas prison units near Beaumont, forcing the state to start leasing beds from county jails and private prisons more rapidly than predicted, reported the Oct. 4 Austin Statesman ('Rita fills Texas prison system'). Exacerbating the problem, this spring Governor Perry vetoed legislation aimed at reducing overincarceration pressures, as well as additional money for leasing beds. Now, in the wake of Rita, those short-sighted decisions are coming back to bite the state in the ass"
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