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California's Prisons in Crisis

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madrussian [OP]

2005-07-04 18:35 | User Profile

Follow the link for the full text:

[url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/03/MNGLMDIMOT1.DTL&sn=003&sc=668[/url]

At the heart of the problem is a simple but overpowering mismatch -- lawmakers and prosecutors sent far more criminals to prison than Californians, ultimately, were willing to pay for.

-- A major cause of overcrowding is a parole system that sends far more released inmates back to prison than other states. Decisions by corrections officials and politicians to de-emphasize rehabilitation programs, lengthen parole periods and send violators back to prison instead of giving them treatment have produced a return rate of about 60 percent, the nation's highest.

While what they say may be true, no one mentioned the elephant in the living room: exploding population of messicans. So the solution to the problem is to let criminals roam free rather than keep them caged. That will surely add to the quality of life in California.

All those wonderful turd-worlders, what would we do without them? That "cheap" lettuce doesn't look as cheap, when you buy a messican with it?