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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/19/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Reynolds, James</b> <<a href="mailto:jreynold@vetmed.wsu.edu">jreynold@vetmed.wsu.edu</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>Yes. This is because of #2: We're imprisoning too many people.</div><br>
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<div>Yes. Mandatory minimums are idiotic, and reduce both prosecutorial and judicial discretion.</div><br>
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<div>Yes. Unfortunately, because of mandatory minimum setencing, it's not the non-violent offenders that are getting paroled; it's the violent offenders. You are likely to serve more time for posession with intent to sell methamphetamine than second-degree rape.
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<div>Yes. Even inpatient rehabilitation is cheaper than imprisonment. Drug court, a drug diversion program, is effective and, importantly, reasonably cheap. It allows people with substance abuse issues but without other substantial criminal behavior to continue contributing to society during their rehabilitation.
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<div>The problem with cutting perks is that, to control prisoners, wardens have carrots and sticks. Take away all the carrots, and all you have left are sticks. This is not a healthy way to run a prison system for either the jailed or the jailors.
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<div>Start cutting, but talk to the people running the jails first.</div>
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<div>-- ACS</div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3">Thanks,</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3">James Reynolds</font></p></span></div>
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