Today, the Center for Michigan joined with statewide business organizations and other groups in calling on the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee to take action on a bill that could save $40-50 million per year in prison costs.
The bill at issue would keep open a prison boot camp near Chelsea. The boot camp is slated to close if the Senate does not vote to remove a sunset on the camp by September 30. State analysts project the camp closure would require moving camp inmates into more expensive prison settings. Total projected costs: 1,600 annual prison beds to the tune of $40-50 million more per year at a time when nearly every recipient of state general fund spending is subject to large-scale budget cuts.
The corrections coalition has respectfully requested that the Senate Judiciary Committee take action on the bill or explain why the SAI/boot camp should close.
