Reverend Dr. Amos J. Brown with the National NAACP gives a speech at the Black-Brown Summit Friday afternoon (11-06-09) on the Modesto Junior College west campus in Modesto. (JOAN BARNETT LEE / jlee@modbee.com) - -
By Merrill Balassone
mbalassone@modbee.com
California's budget crisis means the state will lean heavily on local organizations to provide services to the 35,000 prisoners who will be released by next year, a top state prisons staffer said Friday at a Modesto Junior College forum.Brett Morgan, chief of staff for state prisons chief Matthew Cate, said California doesn't have money to spend on the inmates once they're released."They're not going to get services," Morgan said after his speech to an audience of about 100 people.It was a blunt message at the California Black-Brown Summit on Re-Entry, where civil rights leaders convened to discuss ways to help inmates readjust to society after they leave prison.Cate, the scheduled keynote speaker, canceled his appearance to conduct media interviews after a scathing report released this week cited missed chances to catch Phillip Garrido, the suspect accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years in Contra Costa County.
