More Funding for Federal Prisons
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More Funding for Federal Prisons
16 Lawmakers Call for More Funding for Federal Prisons: Sixteen House lawmakers last month sent a letter to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science urging the panel to appropriate approximately $5.6 billion in fiscal 2009 for the cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons, which is on the verge of cutting thousands of correctional staff positions after years of underfunding. The $5.6 billion - $5.55 billion for the salaries and expenses account and $400 million for the buildings and facilities account - is an increase of about $530 million over the 2008 level. The lawmakers' push for more funding for BOP is a direct result of AFGE's campaign to educate more lawmakers about the urgent need to significantly increase funding for federal prisons.
AFGE has been drawing attention to this serious safety issue for years with informational pickets and meetings with lawmakers. Last month, officials from AFGE Council of Prison Locals and AFGE Local 3951 accompanied Rep. Bill Shuster, R- Pa., to tour the Federal Correctional Institution at Loretto, Pa. Shuster said afterward that the tour was an eye-opener and that the government has to make sure prison officers have enough resources to do their jobs. Also last month on the West Coast, AFGE Local 1102 met with Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., to discuss different issues including fiscal 2008 supplemental funding for BOP, which is currently underfunded by $433 million. AFGE is urging its Locals to continue reaching out to their lawmakers to secure enough funding for BOP.
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Re: More Funding for Federal Prisons
Well done. If you read the News Clips in Sallyport today the first article is Lappin saying we need more money and staff to keep everyone safe and secure. Will see only time will tell.
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Re: More Funding for Federal Prisons
Thats funny, usually he is claiming that we have plenty of staff and how good we are doing with all the cut backs and how he looks forward to cutting more staff...
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Yea... you just know that there is some other BS that they are not releasing just yet. Just give us all raises!!!!
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