Inmates Go Free to Help States Reduce Deficits

They began walking out of the Fayette County Jail here this afternoon, the first of 567 Kentucky state prison inmates that Gov. Paul E. Patton abruptly ordered released this week in a step to reduce a $500 million budget deficit.

Governor Patton said only nonviolent offenders were being given the early mass commutation. But those let out today included men convicted of burglary, theft, arson and drug possession, some of them chronic criminals.

For all I care, they can release everyone in prison on drug convictions alone. If they did that it would probably reduce costs enough to prevent the need for any more releases!

Posted on 2002-12-19 18:18:58.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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