Horrifying california statistics
In california in the last 10 years:
- 20 prisons built
- 1 state university campus and 1 university of california campus built
- 26,000 jobs added to various state corrections departments
- 8,000 jobs lost in higher education
- department of corrections operating budget increased 14%/year
- whole state budget increased 7%/year
- In 1985 there were 7570 prison guards; in 1990 there were 14249; in
1994 there were 25547.
- The yearly salary for a prison guard with 6 years experience is higher
than for a starting tenured associate professor at university of california.