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Government

Sep. 2, 2009

Unresolved Issues Cloud Prison Budget Plan

A watered down version of the state Senate's prison budget reduction plan was passed by the Assembly on Monday - leaving legislators with $200 million in unallocated cuts to the corrections department.

By Matthew Pordum
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO A watered down version of the state Senate's prison budget reduction plan was passed by the Assembly on Monday - leaving legislators with $200 million in unallocated cuts to the corrections department. The Assembly passed the plan 41 to 35, but only after gutting what were deemed to be the most controversial elements of a Senate plan. The scaled-back Assembly plan only saves $1 billion.

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