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| Effects on Oklahoma families another reason to embrace corrections reform |
| By newsok.com |
| Published: 09/12/2014 |
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THE debate over Oklahoma’s corrections policy generally focuses on how the state’s tough-on-crime approach has left its prisons crammed with men and women who are monitored by outmanned, overworked prison guards. It’s a costly, potentially dangerous mix. One facet of this debate that is too often overlooked is the effect that Oklahoma’s high incarceration rate has on the families of those who are locked up, particularly their children. No state locks up more females, per capita, than Oklahoma. Overall, our incarceration rate is among the five highest in the country. However many inmates are serving time for nonviolent offenses – from fiscal year 2005 to FY 2012, 44 percent of nonviolent admissions were drug related. Read More. |
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