Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Fiscal Lockdown, July/Aug. 2003; pp. 19+.
"Facing their most serious revenue shortfall in generations, states are slashing spending on nearly everything, including prisons. Will these cuts weaken the prison-industrial complex--or strengthen it?" (DOLLARS AND SENSE) This article discusses "the effect of budget cuts on state corrections systems and the prisoners they incarcerate."