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Wall Street Journal, "Lights out at the penitentiary"
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Published: Sep 05 2009
The Wall Street Journal discusses Michigan's closure of seven state prisons and its plan to close four more due to state budget restraints. The story cites Vera's recent report, The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking Policies and Practices, which found that at least 26 states are spending less on corrections this year than last year.
