Big part of Oregon prison budget is all locked up

Oregonian:

The state prison agency is a billion-dollar enterprise absorbing nearly a dime out of every $1 in general fund money. By one measure, no other state spends a bigger share of its tax collections on prisons. The number of inmates under state control has doubled, and a ballot measure in November could force the agency to take on even more...

Republican activist Kevin Mannix, leading proponent for Measure 73 and earlier tough-on-crime measures, declined to answer questions about what his measures have cost taxpayers.

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