FEBRUARY 21, 2006
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I can tell you that the BOP is selling something that does not exist. In this report: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reentry/learn.html The government would have you believe that programs do exist. THEY DO NOT. There is little or no effort in the prisons to rehabilitate, there is only warehousing. The computer rooms are shut down; the libraries are a laugh; there are few of any, in most places, for technical training of any magnitude. Sure, there are people in the GED classes. Any educator taking an objective look would see this.
The half=way house programs hinders rather than helps inmates get back into society. A program in one 9nstitution to help prisoners prepare themselves to go out an look for work was closed down. It was a good program, thorough and effective. The story goes on and on and the government refuses to use the Parole Program to get people with non-violent charges to get out on the street, go to work and support their families. We are wasting money by the Billions of Dollars.
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Posted by MVW from the NY Times
Posted by editor at 01:32 AM | Comments (0)
American laws that strip convicted felons of the right to vote, barring nearly five million from the polls in the last election, are the most punitive and regressive laws of their kind in the democratic world. Several states have recently softened or eliminated the voting bans, and many others are considering laws that could eventually establish voting as a basic American right that should never be curtailed in a way that bars a whole class of people from the polls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/opinion/10fri2.html?th&emc=th
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