1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgNate Blakesleehttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/nate-blakeslee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MTbVzBaUdZ"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/19-hooked-on-hard-time-perrys-budget-feeds-the-prison-construction-industry-while-drug-treatment-goes-hungry/">Hooked on Hard Time</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/19-hooked-on-hard-time-perrys-budget-feeds-the-prison-construction-industry-while-drug-treatment-goes-hungry/embed/#?secret=MTbVzBaUdZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Hooked on Hard Time” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="MTbVzBaUdZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> When Ann Richards became governor in 1991, the state was facing a prison crisis. County jails were filled with inmates waiting to go to prisons that were already over capacity, and the counties were suing the state for refusing to take the inmates. Faced with building 25,000 new beds just to get free of the […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402