Comments on: ‘Communities rising’ across California to end mass incarceration and the 40-year war on drugs

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By: seabourne

seabourne — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:12:31 +0000

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By: MichaelB

MichaelB — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:42:23 +0000

@onefatherslove, As long as people keep getting sent to prison, instead of getting treatment, you're wish will never happen. Most crimes are committed because of addiction and if you don't treat the addiction, you'll keep getting crimes. See the insanity in what we've been doing for 40 years now?

By: onefatherslove

onefatherslove — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:46:28 +0000

While it makes good financial sense to reduce the California budget by decreasing prison sentences, it would make much more since if people would stop committing crimes in the first place.

“The Epoch Times—California inmate recidivism is approaching 60 percent according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Some sources estimate the rate to be as high as seven out of ten, indicating that California has the biggest problem with recidivism in the U.S.” http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/5049…

Perhaps someone could add a new bullet to the list that states…

•Guarantee that all prison inmates will cease committing crimes upon release.

Hopefully, the CURB organization will extend their protest to the front of the prisons to insist that inmates never commit another crime.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:49:37 +0000

What will happen 1st time sex offenders…?

By: Frank Courser

Frank Courser — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:32:43 +0000

These are real answers that could save California billions every year. So far the solutions coming from our legislature and governor are do the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome! Filling prisons and jails while cutting educational opportunities for our children is the most destructive and counterproductive thing we have ever done in this state. The solutions offered above could be passed in a week at the Capital, yet our lawmakers have so far have excluded any and all reforms and continue hiding from the truth with smoke and mirror budgets that carry on these irrational policies! When will they have the guts to admit it?