PRISON GUARDS PROTEST VS

PRISON SYSTEM WORKERS AT THE STATE CORRECTIONAL TRAINING FACILITY IN SOLEDAD, PROTESTED BY MARCHING AND HOISTING SIGNS. THEY REJECT GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S PROPOSED $98 MILLION CUT IN THE PRISONER REHABILITATION BUDGET. THE DEMONSTRATORS ARE PART OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION. THEY ARGUE THE CUTS WOULD ENDANGER COMMUNITIES, AND THAT PRIOR BUDGET CUTS ALREADY REDUCED OR ELIMINATED VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AT MOST CALIFORNIA PRISONS.