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Letter to Senate Appropriators Opposing Spending for New Prison Construction, Urges More Funding for Drug Treatment
Our diverse organizations are concerned that Congress may soon consider a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government into Fiscal Year 2013 at a level that increases funding for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The BOP currently operates at a staggering 140% capacity, but new money to add federal prison beds is a misguided solution. The undersigned groups strongly oppose the appropriation of any new funds for the expansion of federal prison capacity or contracting new private prison beds.
Issue Brief
Our diverse organizations are concerned that Congress may soon consider a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government into Fiscal Year 2013 at a level that increases funding for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The BOP currently operates at a staggering 140% capacity, but new money to add federal prison beds is a misguided solution. The undersigned groups strongly oppose the appropriation of any new funds for the expansion of federal prison capacity or contracting new private prison beds.
Issue Brief