Michigan business groups have joined with others to form a Corrections Coalition to urge Lansing to reduce corrections spending. The Governor and Department of Corrections made some difficult cost reduction decisions to close three prisons and five camps this year.  With the reality of a budget deficit approaching $2 billion, much more must be done to bring the cost of prisons in line with state resources. The Corrections Coalition believes these reductions represent a good start in what should be a much longer and far-reaching program of reforms and cost cuts in the Department of Corrections budget. However, the group submitted a joint letter to Governor Granholm and the Michigan legislature congratulating them on the important step they made toward cutting the corrections budget.