tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5453598608212357212..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Untapped evangelical support for improved prison conditionsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70939450685324047542020-01-25T13:04:39.416-06:002020-01-25T13:04:39.416-06:00When I've been in the state capital meeting le...When I've been in the state capital meeting legislators about prison reform, most of my fellow concerned citizens have been from an interfaith public action group. It's a wide range of members. <br /><br />Responding to anonymous, who deserves a reasoned response, prison reform is one ingredient in having criminals stop committing crimes. Take just one example, making college courses available. Bard College has a program for prisoners and has kept track of them post-release. I forget the exact number but more than 95% have stayed out. Even when you account for the fact that people with self discipline were already more likely to go straight, that's still impressive. Time to reinstate Pell grants. <br /><br />The current situation is not what anyone would plan if public safety were the goal. At one Federal prison camp, the only vocational or educational program had two openings for three hundred inmates. I don't feel safer.<br /><br />We could have more programs like one in Washington State where there's a welding program with union reps attached so that, straight out of the gate, the released prisoner has a certificate proving competency and a union card. They can walk straight into work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2015401317967042412020-01-24T06:37:49.048-06:002020-01-24T06:37:49.048-06:00As the Apostle Paul reminded us, all have sinned a...As the Apostle Paul reminded us, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83306477982916935262020-01-24T05:24:33.191-06:002020-01-24T05:24:33.191-06:00If criminals would just stop committing crimes, my...If criminals would just stop committing crimes, my guess is there would be support for prison reform from many constituencies. But I'm afraid that's not likely to happen in my lifetime. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com