Sounds to me like just some more bureaucratic Horse Hockey. How about the kid who was "convicted" of a drug related felony when he was 18 and has totally turned around his life, become a model citizen for several decades, created a business, paid his taxes? He's not even able to vote in many jurisdictions and is not even allowed to own a shotgun for hunting. And he's not asking for one damned dollar of taxpayers' money.
I'd be willing to spend a few dollars on the miscreants in the article - after they've shown me 20 years of a turned aaround life. Until then, not one damned dollar.
Its not like you have a choice, comrade. They will spend your money the way they see fit or they will put you in the cage.