News (Media Awareness Project) - US CO: PUB LTE: Paying For Prisons |
| Title: | US CO: PUB LTE: Paying For Prisons |
| Published On: | 2002-11-13 |
| Source: | Denver Post (CO) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-21 19:51:14 |
PAYING FOR PRISONS
Re: "Owens seeks rise in prison spending," Nov. 3 news story.
Gov. Owens should reduce prison spending, not increase it. Colorado has
about 18,000 people in prison today, more than half non-violent offenders
and about 23 percent drug offenders. It costs many thousands to house each
non-violent offender, much more than drug-treatment programs cost. America
has become a police and prison state. It's time to recognize that locking
up non-violent, poor, drug-addicted people does not work.
THOMAS K. CARBERRY
Denver
Re: "Owens seeks rise in prison spending," Nov. 3 news story.
Gov. Owens should reduce prison spending, not increase it. Colorado has
about 18,000 people in prison today, more than half non-violent offenders
and about 23 percent drug offenders. It costs many thousands to house each
non-violent offender, much more than drug-treatment programs cost. America
has become a police and prison state. It's time to recognize that locking
up non-violent, poor, drug-addicted people does not work.
THOMAS K. CARBERRY
Denver
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