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The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, as does the State of Indiana. Republicans’ solution to all problems is to put more people in jail, all the while they can’t even pay to incarcerate the people who are already incarcerated. Ridiculous.
So, can the county jails send the state’s prisoners back to the state? Just let them go? The state just announced it was having better than expected tax receipts. Shouldn’t maybe some of that money be used to pay the state’s legal debts?
It is amazing how these “low or no money” items keeping popping up. Last year it was the missing $1 billion from FSSA and now this year, IDOC can’t even pay its bills more than a couple of months into the fiscal year, yet the governor and crew want to cut taxes and annex additional counties from neighboring states while condenming Indianapolis for having “no turn on red” signs. Indiana needs to get its fiscal house in order.
Someone needs to be sent to debtors’ prison for failing to pay their bills. I bet the counties would be paid quickly. 10 nights in jail per county should be the punishment. Maybe the Gov and Lt Gov could swap places every 10 days.
While unable to pay its bills, the governor wants to expand the voucher program without any income limitations!
Some smaller counties built new jails as ‘profit centers,’ hoping to generate revenue by housing state prisoners. However, this model is flawed, by relying on a steady stream of new inmates whose housing costs must be borne by either the State or the local communities. We can all agree that violent offenders should be imprisoned, but the practice of jailing people with mental health issues and addiction problems implicates the failures of our justice system. Vulnerable individuals need treatment, not incarceration. So, who is ultimately responsible for these decisions? Local governments, state authorities, and the private companies that compose the incarceration industry are all responsible. The difficult question is how do we find more effective solutions?
Totally agree, Timothy. Or how about releasing some of the billions of surplus dollars the State has been stockpiling? Or, has all that money disappeared over the last several months? Honestly, I believe no one at the State Office Building knows what money they have or don’t have. Balance the freaking checkbook State of Indiana. Or per Robert M’s comment, legislators and the Gov/LT Gov go spend a few days in some of these jails, and of course you foot the attendance bill for your failure to pay up. What a fiasco!!!!!