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March 09, 2007
CA: SEIU Local 1000 opposes new prison construction
SEIU Local 1000 opposes new prison construction
By Andy Furillo - Bee Capitol Bureau
March 7, 2007
California's second-largest union representing state prison workers issued its plan to fix the system Wednesday with a backhanded slap at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans to expand it.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1000 said the stateshould focus on expanding rehabilitation and re-entry programs rather than adding new bed space. It also is seeking to change the parole and sentencing systems and fill the better than 1,000 vacancies that permeate the non-custody staffing ranks.
Union Vice President Marc Bautista said the union opposes the thrust of Schwarzenegger's $10.9 billion corrections plan that leans heavily on adding space for 78,000 inmate beds at the state and local levels.
"I'm against any new construction," said Bautista, whose union represents 13,000 correctional workers, second to the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which represents 31,000 employees.
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SEIU's report is available at:
http://seiu1000.org/docUploads/Corrections%20Reform%20Recommendations%20and%20Appendicies.pdf
Executive summary at:
http://seiu1000.org/docUploads/Corrections%20Reform%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/134158.html
Posted by lois at March 9, 2007 10:09 AM