bluemama
12-16-2004, 07:42 AM
I just read a great article, posted Tuesday in the Arizona Republic.
Basically, it says Arizona is taking the lead in putting CORRECTION back into their corrections system! It's a great article, you can read it in it's entirety at:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1214prisonbeds14.html
This isi the important part, and what's going to make sense to others when you write your letters to editors, politicians, and talk on the talk shows:
Moving these inmates from higher-custody Level 2 units, where they have been housed for decades, will save the state's cash-strapped prison system nearly $10,000 a day. This is what makes most of us happy, though: The inmates moving into the new surroundings have been convicted of low-level felonies such as property crimes and drug offenses. They will learn to manage their time and money and how to apply drug treatment strategies to stay sober. They will negotiate working relationships with their families and create living arrangements for their release. All the inmates also will work, about 75 percent of them in jobs outside prison walls.
keep the faith! stay focused!
mary
Basically, it says Arizona is taking the lead in putting CORRECTION back into their corrections system! It's a great article, you can read it in it's entirety at:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1214prisonbeds14.html
This isi the important part, and what's going to make sense to others when you write your letters to editors, politicians, and talk on the talk shows:
Moving these inmates from higher-custody Level 2 units, where they have been housed for decades, will save the state's cash-strapped prison system nearly $10,000 a day. This is what makes most of us happy, though: The inmates moving into the new surroundings have been convicted of low-level felonies such as property crimes and drug offenses. They will learn to manage their time and money and how to apply drug treatment strategies to stay sober. They will negotiate working relationships with their families and create living arrangements for their release. All the inmates also will work, about 75 percent of them in jobs outside prison walls.
keep the faith! stay focused!
mary