Check out CURB’s op-ed in the Sac Bee on the toxic relationship between the recent 2010-2011 state budget and California’s irresponsible prison expansion.The author is Jim Lindburg, CURB member and Legislative Director for Friends Committee on Legislation of California.
Press Release: State Lawmakers And Analysts Challenge CDCR’s Request For Billions In New Infrastructure Spending
March 22, 2022 State Lawmakers And Analysts Challenge CDCR’s Request For Billions In New Infrastructure Spending Community advocates call CDCR a “rogue” department, as legislators cite poor long-term planning and skyrocketing spending on incarceration SACRAMENTO, CA––Proposals for billions of dollars in infrastructure prison spending from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) faced scrutiny yesterday