Next year, unfortunately, looks as if it won t be any different. We ll just have to take up another notch in the belt, Haley said. At some point, another notch squeezes the system to the breaking point. Haley urged lawmakers to find alternatives to prison, such as community corrections and drug courts. Both are worth exploring as a way of getting nonviolent offenders out of prison.
Lawmakers like to say they re tough on crime.
Below a look at what star-power gets those wielding the baton. Intended to reduce the number of state employees, it did so, but at a terrible cost in talent and expertise. Skilled people in the prime of their working lives left their state jobs in droves. The impact was felt throughout state government and is still felt. Now an entirely opposite approach has been proposed an incentive to remain on the job longer in return for increased pension benefits.