Lawmakers Should Embrace Fiscal Restraint

Capitol View By J.L. Schmidt Statehouse Correspondent

The governor and his director of corrections want to build a new prison, a $230 million prison that wouldn’t be ready for a few years and would cost $34 million a year to operate if it can be staffed.

More than a few state senators want to look at a planned study of criminal justice reforms and consider other proposals for reducing the huge influ…