The state would also gain money for prison construction.

All cost far less than prison construction and operation.

Many experts argue that drug rehabilitation is much less expensive than prison construction.

In the last two years prison construction worth $8.4 billion was authorized.

Justice Spending on prison construction would be reduced by $331 million.

It includes a compromise on one of the most contentious issues in the budget: prison construction.

New York has seen a rise in prison construction.

A boom in prison construction has been unable to keep up with the increasing number of inmates.

The study's findings on prison construction and drug education classes in schools are most likely to produce criticism.

But it increases spending substantially in areas like primary education and prison construction.