5 months ago
SACRAMENTO, CA (AP) -- A recent budget cut is forcing California to trim $250 million from its prison rehabilitation program and lay off hundreds of corrections workers.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Thursday announced it will slash academic and substance abuse programs for inmates.
The move is in response to a $1.2 billion cut to the corrections department under the budget packaged passed by Gov. Schwarzenegger and lawmakers in July.
Corrections officials estimated between 600 and 900 state workers will be laid off under the plan that still needs to be approved by the Department of Personnel Administration.
Officials said they also will be sending out termination notices to contractors who provide substance abuse services inside the state's prisons.
The Associated Press
