Perspective
Aug. 24, 2011
Rehabilitation is key in inmate release program
A reader responds to "Counties brace for state prisoners."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
The shift, or realignment, from the state to the counties, of inmate releases presents an opportunity for the counties to improve the economy of our state and all its citizens. ("Counties brace for state prisoners," Aug. 17) Currently, the state parole system has a failure rate of nearly three out of four inmates returning to custody within three years, the normal period of parole. Nearly half of those released i...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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