@[563740429:2048:Randolph Hencken] writes:
"TAX DAY! This is my friend Oshan Anand. He's serving the next 10 years in a prison with no walls or a fence to stop him from escaping. Non-violent, consensual acts should never be a crime, but when society is dumb enough to make such activity crimes it's even dumber to put the burden of the costs on the tax-payer rather than the convict. If Oshan and the hundreds of people at the "camp" are trusted enough not to run off or physically harm one another, then why don't we have them do restorative justice within society and pay for their crimes through work, garnishments and community service? This photo is from the "camp" where it costs somewhere between $30,000 to $60,000 a year per convict to warehouse non-violent offenders. Add the costs of the police operation to arrest Oshan and the court costs to convict him. That's what our tax dollars pay for."
"TAX DAY! This is my friend Oshan Anand. He's serving the next 10 years in a prison with no walls or a fence to stop him from escaping. Non-violent, consensual acts should never be a crime, but when society is dumb enough to make such activity crimes it's even dumber to put the burden of the costs on the tax-payer rather than the convict. If Oshan and the hundreds of people at the "camp" are trusted enough not to run off or physically harm one another, then why don't we have them do restorative justice within society and pay for their crimes through work, garnishments and community service? This photo is from the "camp" where it costs somewhere between $30,000 to $60,000 a year per convict to warehouse non-violent offenders. Add the costs of the police operation to arrest Oshan and the court costs to convict him. That's what our tax dollars pay for."