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Elena Morris
Lake Elsinore, CA
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Elena commented on the article |I think it is absolutely APPROPRIATE that Vets are treated a little different. They served this country and their issues are many times related to their service. Give them what they need. ACLU you are wrong on this one. NOT EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
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Elena commented on the article |The truth is finally trickling out as people are faced with financial disaster and states are broke and forced to cutback spending even as people need it now more than ever. The loss of income, jobs, homes, etc. has brought Corrections to the forefront. More and more families are speaking out against the MONSTROUS PRISON COMPLEX. It's traded on the stock exchange for God Sakes! Yes, it's a business and good and lucrative one. Justice has nothing to do with it.
Only now the public is willing to even give any thought to the Justice systems unfairness. Very few in the general public cared enough to see what was happening or try to do anything about. If it doesn't affect them, who cares? We no longer care about our fellow man. Policitians continually base their campaigns on tough on crime propaganda.
Well, what has happened for one thing is these bad laws ARE affecting more and more families. It affects all tax brackets, races and religions. Of course some more than others. It has been very difficult to get the facts out there because Victims Groups and Law Enforcement Special Interests get the media attention. Political power, job creation and profit is the goal. The other side is never heard.
Now that the country is in such financial chaos people are finally willing to listen and are starting to question the amount of money we pour into incarcerating and destroying lives and why. Thousands upon thousands sit in our prisons that should not be there and a price tag is attached to each.
In California where we have the most draconian and unfair sentencing laws in the country and biggest prison population, just CDCR the Prison system eats up $10 BILLION EVERY YEAR AND RISING. That doesn't include the courts. Their answer to overcrowding is NOT TO REFORM SENTENCING but BUILD MORE. The Law Enforcement Unions continue to throw out fear tinged rhetoric trying to keep the public afraid. It has worked for a long time. This system, SADLY will not change because it is the right thing to do, but for financial reasons. As long as it gets done.
No one is saying that prisons are not necessary and crime shouldn't be punished. Just that sentences should fit the crimes and enhancement sentences should be removed from sentences. That one move will save BILLIONS IN CALIFORNIA ALONE! Enhancement sentences although they sound good to many are a financial disaster and do nothing but cost taxpayers and dessimate familes. We simply over incarcerate.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ARTICLE.
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