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Pubdate: Fri, 19 Dec 2008
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
Copyright: 2008 The Cincinnati Enquirer
Contact: http://enquirer.com/editor/letters.html
Website: http://enquirer.com/today/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/86
Author: Stephen Johnson Grove
Note: Stephen Johnson Grove is an attorney at the Ohio Justice & Policy
Center in Cincinnati and is director of OJPC's Second Chance Project. He
also is a member of the Hamilton County Criminal Justice Commission's
Reentry Committee.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/prison.htm (Incarceration)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?199 (Mandatory Minimum Sentencing)
SMART ON CRIME BETTER THAN 'TOUGH ON CRIME'
The current county budget crisis and its direct impact on public-safety
spending present an excellent opportunity for our county to make a shift
toward proven, cost-effective approaches to reducing crime.
The recent Vera Institute jail study showed that 20 percent of 2007
Hamilton County jail inmates, or about 9,500 people, were locked-up
more than once in just that year. How many more have cycled through
our jail -and at what cost -over the course of several years?
We must find a better way to deal with repeat offenders, especially
those whose actions are driven by drug addiction or mental illness.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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