Prison Guards Invests $1 million in State Prison Industry
| By Elliott D. Petty - Oct 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pm PDT |
| Also listed in: Courage Campaign Staff |
Maybe the fundamentals of the economy are as strong as John McCain thinks. Major industries are still receiving heavy investment from institutional investors across the country. Warren Buffet invested $5 billion in General Electric and this week the California Corrections Peace Officers Association contributed $1 million to the campaign against sensible judicial reform of non-violent drug crimes.Courage Campaign's Progressive Voter Guide urges a YES vote on Prop. 5.
The powerful prisons guards union, as the LA Times usually calls them is looking to preserve the failed "War on Drugs" here in California. They don't want drug addicted criminals who usually hurt no one but commit property crimes to spend hard time in state prisons where they receive no treatment for their addictions.
With prosecution and incarceration they stay in business for years to come, but through drug rehab and treatment we reduce crime and restore lives and entire families. It is a sad commentary to report the prisons guards have chosen their lucrative industry over the restoration of Californian families.
The prisons guards completely overlook the facts: 1) many of the state's repeat criminals are non-violent offenders 2) it is cheaper to give someone treatment than to house them in state prison and 3) prosecution and prison time hurts families when they need to be brought together through treatment.
My family has personal experience with this issue and so I must identify that I am certainly not an objective pundit here, but rather someone who knows our state sorely needs Prop. 5 to pass into law.
Our elected officials in Sacramento have been unable to bring about this type of reform, so good-minded citizens have brought the issue straight to the people on November's ballot.
While they are clearly misguided or at the least, motivated by their own selfish reasons, the prisons guards union must be taken serious. Their resources are largely responsible for the passage of the horrible "Three Strikes Law" which has done little to reduce violence by repeat offenders in California or anywhere else that law has been duplicated.
The powerful prisons guards union, as the LA Times usually calls them is looking to preserve the failed "War on Drugs" here in California. They don't want drug addicted criminals who usually hurt no one but commit property crimes to spend hard time in state prisons where they receive no treatment for their addictions.
With prosecution and incarceration they stay in business for years to come, but through drug rehab and treatment we reduce crime and restore lives and entire families. It is a sad commentary to report the prisons guards have chosen their lucrative industry over the restoration of Californian families.
The prisons guards completely overlook the facts: 1) many of the state's repeat criminals are non-violent offenders 2) it is cheaper to give someone treatment than to house them in state prison and 3) prosecution and prison time hurts families when they need to be brought together through treatment.
My family has personal experience with this issue and so I must identify that I am certainly not an objective pundit here, but rather someone who knows our state sorely needs Prop. 5 to pass into law.
Our elected officials in Sacramento have been unable to bring about this type of reform, so good-minded citizens have brought the issue straight to the people on November's ballot.
While they are clearly misguided or at the least, motivated by their own selfish reasons, the prisons guards union must be taken serious. Their resources are largely responsible for the passage of the horrible "Three Strikes Law" which has done little to reduce violence by repeat offenders in California or anywhere else that law has been duplicated.
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