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| Alternatives to reform prisons to reduce outsourcing and reoffending |
| By seattletimes.com- Joseph Lehman & David Keenan |
| Published: 07/08/2015 |
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AS the Legislature was struggling to fund our state’s education system, the Washington State Department of Corrections was preparing to give upward of $60,000 per day to a private company to house state prisoners. The GEO Group, a for-profit prison company, has contracted with the DOC to house 1,000 Washington inmates nearly 2,000 miles away in Michigan. Rather than outsourcing our state’s public-safety operations to a private company with a questionable track record, Washington should take steps to break the cycle of mass incarceration, saving precious tax dollars and making us all safer. Shipping our inmates out of state is a bad idea that undermines efforts to rehabilitate people. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, at least 95 percent of all state prisoners will eventually be released from custody. Studies have shown that the frequency of visits during incarceration and the ability to maintain ties to the community decrease the likelihood that offenders will return to prison after release. Read More. |
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