Lawmakers Should Embrace Fiscal Restraint

Lawmakers Should Embrace Fiscal Restraint
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…