PB probation office set aflame

lyonap says...

Yeah well that happens a lot more than people think in towns where there are major correctional facilities. The inmates serve their time, but when that time is up they get dumped on the streets. No job, no family, no where to live and no money almost assures that they will offend again. It's sad but it's true. Jails need better programs when it comes to these problems. They say that there isn't enough money for those types of things but for a lot of people the options they have are extremely limited. One thing this state needs is a better probation program. If persay someone sentenced to 5 years (if it's a nonviolent crime), which isn't a long time but definately enough time to devastate someone's life, at the 4th year they were on a work program, where they go to work, when they get off they go back to jail. When it's time for release they get released with say 2 years of probation with different stability restrictions. If you hold your job for a year, and live at the same place for a year, you would be eligible for early probation release. Or something like that. I realize that with these things come more costs, but if we could turn every single inmate in the country into a productive citizen, our economy would once again be booming. I am not talking about violent criminals of course, ones who should stay locked up lets say forever. But there are so many people in for so many other things that if given a chance to start over they would. If we were even 1/10th as worried about our own citizens needs, lack of education, lack of proper housing, that we are about how people in other parts of the world are this country would be a completely different place.

November 20, 2009 at 4:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )