FALSE REALITY CREATED PRISON PROBLEM

Rehabilitation is a myth. Time served doesn't pay any debt to society,
only burdens it with expenses. Victims are never justifiably
compensated for criminal acts against them. Let's change enforcement
policies and our perspectives to get more for our tax dollars.

Institute chain gangs, prisoners willing to earn credits, for duties
that benefit the state, earn early release; honor work like the
current inmate fire crews. Road cleanup, habitat restoration, flood
control, projects to protect California's infrastructure, work
beneficial to society pays debts. Good behavior and time served don't.

Prohibition created the Mafia's strength; prohibition drug laws
promulgate a sundry of illegal acts and gangs. Drug companies could
offset development and marketing costs of vital prescription drugs,
through legalized recreational drugs, drying up illegal sources.

Court, law enforcement, prosecution, public defender, and prison costs
will be dramatically lower, savings allocated to pursue larger threats
to Californians. Sales taxes can be used to fund ABC-type compliance,
DARE, and drug rehab programs, with the balance and any additional
enforcement savings going toward the state's debt.

Enforce the death penalty in a fair manner, for timely executions.
Euthanizing animals, that don't recognize their responsibility to
society, takes too long and isn't cruel or unusual. Warehousing
sociopaths, who will never be truly remorseful, who only play the
game, is illogical and wasteful of strained resources. Bullets are
cheaper than keeping condemned convicts healthy, while the state cuts
programs for law-abiding citizens who can't afford medical care.

Michael Kalinowski, Magalia