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A POUND OF CURE:

I read with interest your article "Ice, Ice, Baby," about how most Arizona policymakers are working in the opposite direction of solving the methamphetamine problem.

I'm into my second year of an 8.75-year sentence for a non-violent crime.  I would like to note that 70 percent of women locked up are non-violent and that about 85 percent of the female offender population is made up of mothers.

Unfortunately, this is not my first time in prison.  The first happened more than 10 years ago.  I have never been afforded treatment, which is my fault, too.  But treatment probably would be the solution rather than doing seven years for a money crime because of my addiction.

After reading your articles, I know now that treatment would have been the right answer for myself, for my children and for taxpayers.

Ramona Holderman, Arizona State Prison, Perryville