January 13, 2015 | Angus Love and Ann Schwartzman | PennLive
The great French novelist, Victor Hugo, once observed that "to open a school is to close a prison." Gov.- elect Tom Wolf's campaign promised to replace the funding cut in education by Gov. Tom Corbett. He should heed Hugo's words in his quest for more school funding and balancing a budget with a predicted $2 billion deficit.
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has been the single largest growth area of the Commonwealth budget for many years perhaps decades.
It is time to rein it in as other states and the country have done without compromising public safety. It is one area where a bi-partisan consensus can be reached and money can be saved.