Prisons by the numbers
Prisons by the numbers
Governor Schwarzenegger wants to spare taxpayers by letting private companies run state prisons. Does it really save money through economies of scale and with better efficiencies? And what about oversight of those companies that would be charged with managing the incarceration of 170,000 plus inmates?
Guests:
Assemblyman Alberto Torrico (D - Fremont), Assembly Majority Leader and chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Prison and Rehabilitation Reform
Lance Corcoran, Chief of Governmental Affairs for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association
- Patt Morrison for January 7, 2010
- California, searching for money anywhere, turns to black gold
- Prisons by the numbers
- President Obama’s national security/intelligence speech
- Do hard economic times = more domestic abuse?
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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