INCARCERATION IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO HELP PEOPLE KICK DRUG HABIT

Editor:

I am responding to the letter writer who wants to put all drug
offenders in prison for 10 years and banish them from Mesa County for
life. Apparently, he has never been an addict nor in our prison
system. I, on the other hand, have been sober for 3 1/2 years and did
22 months in our prison system.

Our prisons do not promote any type of rehabilitation. They are about
doing time, which consists of bingo, karaoke, state-of-the-art gyms,
new movies every weekend, hula lessons, CAD classes, lying in bed
watching TV and using craft stuff. Now is that the real way to help
our drug addicts?

I got sober, without help from the Department of Corrections. I've
stayed that way on my own.

It's about educating our youth, not incarcerating them. Get informed
before making such wonderful decisions about other people's lives.

Tammy Wieberg

Clifton