A First: Texas to close down a prison
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas
Eight words that changed my life ... The Speaker (of the House) came to me & said Dont build new prisons they cost too much. So we started looking at Texas current correctional & prison costs the number of prisoners and where they were coming from.
But now as of just a couple weeks ago ... and even with a severe State Budget crunch Texas is again leading the nation by closing a prison southwest of Houston.
From where Texas was just a few short years ago this is huge. There are those who said this day would never come."
State Rep. Jerry Madden Chairman of the House Corrections Committee. Join Insiders Jim Cardle here as his talks with Madden our Texas Insider Power Player of the Week.
Remember projections were that Texas was going to need to build 17000 new prison beds" Madden said.
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State Rep. Sid Miller Chairman of the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee will be our featured guest.
