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Originally Posted by Daradon
That may be your opinion and you're welcome to it, but it doesn't make any sense. It's not an option. Prisoners don't get budgets based on the severity of their crimes.
Secondly, generally the higher the security level a prisoner has, the more it costs, so the current option could actually be cheaper.
I understand if you feel weird paying for a criminal, that's a normal thing, but the argument you are making (spend less on him) makes no sense and has no basis in reality. It's an irrelevant argument. There is no such thing as 'the minimum' when it comes to jailing criminals. It is what it is.
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You are making some big stretches from my post. As others have said, we should limit who goes to jail. Secondly, types of programs in jails should be dependent on the crime, I don't know why you take a stance that it shouldn't. Commit a heinous crime? Minimilized jail program. Minimal as in zero attempt at any sort of rehab since they are not getting out (if I had a say).
Obviously this is not our current system, I am just expressing what I would like to see. As the guy footing the bill I like excersizing my right to complain!