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Update from Virginia
Good bills coming up tomorrow afternoon.
WHAT INCARCERATION COSTS TAXPAYERS
IN FISCAL YEAR 2010, the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) had $712.4 million in prison expenditures. However, the state also had $36.2 million in prison-related costs outside the department’s budget. The total cost of Virginia’s prisons—to incarcerate an average daily population of 29,792—was therefore $748.6 million, of which 4.8 percent were costs outside the corrections budget.
Community Restoration Campaign - On the Move
Last week we walked the halls and met with our individual district state legislators and/or legislative aides, expressing our support for the Thousandkites.org Community Restoration Campaign's criminal justice and prison reform focus legislation. You all were great in expressing your concerns, support and opposition to your legislators. A lot of great flip cam footage with many of your legislators.
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@thousandkites (Thousand Kites) 12 May 2012
RT @culturejedi: Act now! Tell the FCC moms deserve a call on mothers day! the cost of calls from prison is too high! http://t.co/JT9l8ETi” #mediajustice
@thousandkites (Thousand Kites) 11 May 2012
@PrisonReformMvt Tell the FCC to address the high cost of prison phone calls. Share your story http://t.co/WuskSP5n #FCC #cjreform RT up
@thousandkites (Thousand Kites) 11 May 2012
RT @BettyYu21: Attn Friends! Plz take action now & tell #FCC this #mamasday to end the high costs of prison calls 2day http://t.co/3gbliCv5 #Phonejustice
