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Corrective Collective
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4/9/2012 1:35:00 AM
The Harper government’s plan to get tougher on crime has some worried we’ll have to build more jails at provincial expense. Some say no matter, lock them up. Others wish there was a better way. Now look what’s happening in Colorado, where they opened a new prison a year and a half ago, and now they are closing it because of lack of inmates. Three other lock-ups are already closed in that state as correctional clients dwindle. So, what’s happening? The L.A. times reports Colorado is going through a shift in attitude about locking up nonviolent offenders for lengthy sentences. They’re dropping get-tough measures in favor of probation, mandatory drug testing, mental health care, halfway houses, and GPS anklets. In other words: good supervision. Wouldn’t that have kept these inmates out of prison in the first place? Reporter Jenny Deam quotes Tom Clement, in charge of Colorado Corrections, who says, ...
Bob Layton
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