Posted on 01/10/2009 4:52:26 PM PST by metmom
NEW YORK — Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that will likely remove tens of thousands of offenders from prisons and parole supervision.
Collectively, the pending and proposed initiatives could add up to one of biggest shifts ever in corrections policy, putting into place cost-saving reforms that have struggled to win political support in the tough-on-crime climate of recent decades.
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A policy where offenders could work on the outside while under house arrest could be ideal. Then they could remit most of their earnings in fines. I would only support this for non violent offenses, including DWI and drug offenses.
They are now.
Clearly the prison system is way too soft on the inmates.
Were the prison system like that of say 18th century France, or some muslin country, they would be just about empty in just a matter of years.
Take away the people’s guns, then turn the criminals loose. Worked for Britain, let’s try it here.
Heck, just go back to the kinds of prisons we had in the first half or the 20th century - before the looney-libs got all mooshy-gushy about condition. The Sheriff Araipo model works.
Wouldn’t putting the criminals to work be a better choice?
Worst case scenario, sell plasma. Save lives on the outside while making use of those on the inside.
They're less employable than most of the unemployed on the streets now. They do have skills. Selling drugs. Burglarizing homes. Holding up liquor stores. Vandalizing property. We'll get more of that as they seek ways to "make a living" with the skills they understand best.
“The Sheriff Araipo model works.”
I’m not even going to click on your moniker to see if you are from Maricopa Co.
First of all its Arpaio and the man has cost this county more in suit damages than he has saved us from criminals.
How much in damages?
do a search a ton in the millions in tax dollars
That’s what I thought, you’re just blowing bullshit around.
Exactly what I was thinking.
http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking08/SheriffJoe.html
and that was over a year ago
guess again
Putting an automatic time limit of 2 years after an appeal for those with a death sentence will reduce costs and impact violent crimes, plus the reality factor will have a profound preventive impact on offenses leading to a death sentence.
Osama! Obama! You are one crazy Momma!
The thieves who stole my cars do.
Do they? Would it not be better for them to be under supervision and be required to work and pay you back damages?
If the numbers are true and accurate (they come froma suspicious source) why do the voters keep returning him with overwhelming votes?
The thieves who stole my car and other stuff got all three, jail time, forced to repay me for damages, and were placed under supervison after they got out.
Not likely but I'll betcha dollars to donuts that those are not the ones that get released.
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