LET THEM STAY IN JAIL

It may not be politically correct, but let's stop all this crap about
trying to rehabilitate criminals.

The measure by the Tories to get rid of the two-for-one credit for
time served is a step in the right direction.

But if we really want justice, let's not sentence a crook to 10 years
in jail, then let him out after he serves a fraction of that sentence.

Take, for example, the Chilliwack man arrested in the RCMP's big drug
trafficking bust last month, in which several people were taken into
custody and charged with trying to move massive volumes of marijuana
to the U.S. with the intention of hauling cocaine, weapons and other
drugs back into B.C.

Seems the man arrested and charged was sent to jail just two years ago
on a 10-year sentence, after being convicted of being the leader of
what was then described as a massive conspiracy to transport drugs.

Granted, the guy has not been convicted on his latest charges, but why
is he even out of jail and in a position where he is again arrested
accused of the same kind of crime?

The accelerated-release program is intended to give first-time federal
offenders a break, in case they just made a mistake and are now
prepared for a life on the straight and narrow.

But let's face it - very few of these jokers put behind bars emerge
rehabilitated.

They just come out better and smarter criminals.

So why don't we start putting them in jail not for purposes of
rehabilitation, but so they are punished for what they've done - and
punished for the entire length of their sentence?

The critics call that warehousing and counter-productive, since it
doesn't do much to rehabilitate offenders.

Well, to hell with rehabilitation.

Put them away for as long as judicial discretion allows without early
or accelerated release.