TREATMENT……NOT IMPRISONMENT

TREATMENT……NOT IMPRISONMENT By Middle Wisconsin Editorial Staff “The simple message:  “Do NOT pass a budget that includes funds to expand the prison system.”  •    There are proven, safe ways to reduce the prison population.  The Administration can take measures to fix the broken parole system that is keeping hundreds (perhaps thousands) of people in prison longer that the sentencing judge ever envisioned.  The Administration can also increase efforts to provide alternatives to revocation for people on supervision who have not committed a new crime. •    The $5 million that Joint Finance wants to put into prison ...