vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Prison Alternatives Meeting

Re: Prison Alternatives Meeting

Greg Meyer (klewprod@valley-internet.net)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:48:47 -0800 (PST)

At 05:48 PM 3/17/98 -0800, Dan Schmidt wrote:
>
>>Greg: I attended. The bottom line of the discussion was , Inform yourself.
>Go to a prison... A warden from Orofino extended an open invitation....call
>first of course. The nature of the "data" surrounding the costs of prisons
>etc. was at times questioned. Comparisons were made to European systems of a
>very different nature... In short, it was a pleasant Friday evening.
>Subsquently, the local League of Women Voters took a field trip to the
>Orofino facility and came back with much to say. Ask them their
>impressions....Does this help? Dan Schmidt
>
>
Thanks for the feedback Dan. I was hoping to hear more about a discussion
of alternatives to incarceration, concern about the rate of incarceration
(here in Idaho and across the nation) and the implications of trends that
release violent offenders in exchange for imprisoning those convicted under
mandatory sentencing guidelines. Did anyone bring up any of these subjects?

I will contact the League of Women voters about their visit. Again thanks
for the report.

Greg Meyer

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