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  • The View From Inside: Why We Need Prison Reform
    Robin commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    The View From Inside: Why We Need Prison Reform

    There is a bill pending in the Georgia Legislature that would charge inmates for their healthcare (or insurance, Medicaid or Medicare if they have it) and also charge them up to $40 a day for their incarceration - payable immediately if they have more than $100 in their prison account or payable upon release..... or their "assets" will be attached and forfeited.
    Let's talk some more about demonizing prisoners! This bill will appeal to all those fussing about the high cost (but not the PROFITS) of incarceration - MAKE THEM PAY!!
    But, God forbid, what ACTUAL effect would it have???? Of course no one has considered that. Isn't the effect of incarceration devastating ENOUGH on both inmates AND their families??? Yes, a crime was perpetrated, and someone (not necessarily the RIGHT someone) was convicted, but could we PLEASE focus on REHABILITATION instead of punishment?????

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