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BOP Urged to Understand, Control Health Costs

The Federal Bureau of Prisons should improve its analysis of skyrocketing health care costs for federal prisons, the Government Accountability Organization (GAO) says in a recently released report. The report indicated costs rose about 36% on a per-capita basis between 2009 to 2016. GAO urged BOP to identify the main causes and to evaluate the

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Picking Up the Tab

A new report says state jails in Texas are ineffective, expensive, and actually result in higher recidivism rates than Texas prisons. The report from the Texas Public Policy Foundation suggests taxpayers are getting a bad deal on their tax dollars and public safety. The report’s author, Jeanette Moll, says through the research, they have found

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