Add a need for adequate prison space to the big issues facing state lawmakers

As if school funding and mental health care didn’t generate enough concerns for next year’s Legislature, now there are dire reports about Washington’s prison system. According to the Justice Reinvestment Task Force, providing adequate prison space over the next 10 years could cost between $387 million and $481 million, which just might be the legislative equivalent of squeezing blood from a turnip.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/sep/09/in-our-view-correcting-corrections/