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| Smarter Investments in Corrections |
| By blueoregon.com - Evan Manvel |
| Published: 01/05/2012 |
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This week saw opinion pieces published about the need to reform our approach to criminals in Oregon – one by the Coos Bay World editorial board, and one by Rep. Chris Garrett in the Lake Oswego Review. They’re in response to the report from the Gov. Kitzhaber’s Commission on Public Safety (which Garrett sits on), and are eye-opening. From The World: Oregon spends more on prisons than it does on any other department except schools and human services. Judges say some of the cost is being spent on inmates who, in their view, simply don't belong in prison. While voters' crime-fighting goal was well-intentioned, the state's analysis shows a disconnect between politics and reality. The state's crime rate continues to go down, yet Measure 11 keeps the prison population growing. At a time when every prisoner costs taxpayers more than $30,000 per year, it makes sense to let judges be judges again. Read More. |
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