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Prisoner Medical Care Costs Oregon Taxpayers Over $100 Million Annually
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 16
As of July 1, 2011, the first day of Oregon’s most recent budget cycle, the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) had a population of just over 14,000 prisoners and a shiny new $1.36 billion budget for the 2011-2013 biennium.Many factors contribute to such an enormous budget. One of the ...
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