Just wanted to let everybody know that vlcoffman, a member of PTO, had her editorial published in one of Alabama's largest newspapers - the Montgomery Advertiser. The editorial is on what to do about the prison overcrowding issues in Alabama and I think it's wonderful she brought a sensible approach to this situation.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Here is the letter:

Stop locking up nonviolent offenders

The first thing I would do if I were trying to relieve the conditions of Alabama prisons would be to start enforcing HB61 where non violent offenders could be released and become active members of the community. As it stands, there are many inmates incarcerated who lack education, rehabilitation, and drug treatment programs.

If we had these programs instead of “lock them up and throw away the key” many inmates would not return to the system, which would only cost the taxpayers more money in the long run.

V.L. Coffman
Mobile

congrats!

WOW that's great news.
CONGRATULATIONS:D

GOOD JOB GIRL.... PUT IT IN THE PUBLIC EYE.... THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY WILL EVER UNDERSTAND.

DONNA

Excellent!!! Congrats!!!

Love it when the press picks up a good response!

great V!!

Wonderful job!!!!!!!!!! :)

Jodygirl

Thanks for speaking for all of us. Just what we need people to read so they think about who they vote for.

What we really need to do is get our elected officials to get off their fannies and do whatever it is they are paid for. After and only after I wrote this article did we find out that they wanted to rewrite HB61. They claimed they wanted the difinition of "Non Violent". This really got to alot of us that was under the impression that HB61 was a done deal. I truly believe we need to start writing people to get the ball rolling again on this.

vicki

GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!! I AGREE WITH YOU VICKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!