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dhpgetsit

(1,917 posts) Mon Apr 2, 2012, 09:04 PM Apr 2012

Oregon, Washington Anticipate Higher Demand For Prison Beds

SALEM, Ore. - Corrections officials in Olympia and Salem are bracing for an expected increase in prisoners. The Washington Department of Corrections is predicting a need for 900 more beds in the next four years. And a new report issued Friday confirms an earlier forecast that Oregon will need housing for 2,000 more inmates by the end of the decade.

http://news.opb.org/article/oregon_washington_anticipate_higher_demand_for_prison_beds/

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Oregon, Washington Anticipate Higher Demand For Prison Beds (Original Post) dhpgetsit Apr 2012 OP

"The law increased prison time for certain drug and property crimes" PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1

Or is the prison industrial complex hungry for workers? freshwest Apr 2012 #2

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. "The law increased prison time for certain drug and property crimes"

Reply to dhpgetsit (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 09:06 PM

Apr 2012

Yet another bill from the war on drugs.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

2. Or is the prison industrial complex hungry for workers?

Reply to dhpgetsit (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 09:11 PM

Apr 2012

There was a story some time back about Oregon firing state workers and replacing them with convicts.

There were complaints about how it was being done to drag wages down, but IDK if they did any good.

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