Prison Spending Affecting Higher Education in California: Report
AP
California spent $592 million on corrections in 1980, according to a report. That spending has jumped to $9.2 billion in 2011.
California is spending 1,370 percent more money on prisons today compared to 1980 levels. NBC Bay Area got the first look at a report from Los Altos-based, non-partisan research group California Common Sense (CCS) published Thursday.
It’s the first time a group has looked at 30 years worth of data and crunched the numbers to show a long-term trend between state spending on prisons and on higher education, according to Director of Research Mike Polyakov.
California spent $592 million on corrections in 1980, Polyakov said.. That spending has jumped to
