More Idiotic Solutions to Save Money (Democratic Bastion, D.C. to Release Inmates)
Washington, D.C. is a bastion of liberalism and it is one of the most criminally active and unsafe areas in the nation. However, the city’s mayor would like to release up to 80% of the city’s inmate to save some money.
I think the obvious question would be how much money would technically be saved if there were more murders, robberies, assaults, etc.? I’m glad that liberals live in la-la land but I prefer to be realistic. I think this would actually cause a loss of money due to the criminal activity that can and will result from releasing this many inmates that were obviously put behind bars for good reason.
Washington, D.C. also has some of the strictest gun laws and last time I checked, regular law abiding citizens could not get guns, but criminals somehow still have them at their fingertips. Good job liberals! I say release the inmates and let them room with Mayor Fenty and any other politician or bureaucrat that agrees with this insanity.
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty wants to help balance the District’s recession-squeezed budget by allowing as many as 80 percent of the city’s inmates to qualify for early release, borrowing a tactic that has stirred controversy elsewhere in the nation.
The city hopes to save $4.4 million in fiscal 2010 under the plan, which would reduce the prison population by 2 percent from its current daily average of 3,000 inmates.
Current law permits sentenced inmates to earn up to five days off their sentences each month by completing specified academic and vocational programs. The new proposal would extend the program to pretrial inmates and allow them to earn time off simply by participating in the programs.
Officials said about 2,400 inmates would be eligible to receive good-time credits under the proposal. If each eligible inmate earned an average of five days of good time, it would reduce the average inmate population by about 65 people.
The plan has drawn at least initial concern from a key D.C. Council member, who stressed the importance of ensuring it would not be detrimental to public safety if enacted.
Please tell that logical Council member to stop making so much sense and pipe down… that just gets in the way of liberal policies.
