Criminal justice: Prison-related cuts may cost counties more » Abilene Reporter-News

Criminal justice: Prison-related cuts may cost counties more » Abilene Reporter-News: "Proposed cuts to Texas' probation and parole program might bring short-term savings for the state but could result in drastic increases in costs to counties. Ana Correa, executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, a policy think-tank based in Austin, said parole and probation currently costs the state $3.74 per offender per day. Cuts to that program, Correa said, will reduce the state's cost for the probation program but likely will result in more incarcerations in county jails. It currently costs Taylor County $26.37 per day to house an inmate in the Taylor County Jail. Under Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1, prison diversion programs, like the community corrections and misdemeanor probation programs, will suffer drastic cuts."