U.S. CAN'T KEEP DRUGS OUT OF PRISONS

Re: the Jan. 13 article "Odds against parole were just too long." Former
Tucson prison complex warden Glen Parin says the drug treatment unit
prisoner Gregory Schack was in "was highest for dirty urinalysis." Parin
then said, "I'm tired of spending taxpayer money for drug programs," since
prison drug programs don't work.

But there is something far deeper here. I don't know about prison drug
programs not working, but what about a warden who cannot keep drugs out of
his prison? I would think the taxpayers would be tired of spending
literally billions of dollars on prisons that cannot keep drugs out and
wardens who cannot do their jobs.

It also goes to show how completely hopeless the war on drugs is. If
wardens cannot keep drugs out of secured prisons, does anyone really think
we can keep drugs out of America - even an America that closely resembles a
prison? Charles Crehore Editor's note: Crehore is serving 20 years in
federal prison in Tucson for marijuana conspiracy.