Senate President pro Tem Darrell
Steinberg’s prison plan proposition has sparked debate after it had been
successfully passed. The Senate Budget Committee, after much deliberation, had
decided today eleven to five to pass the plan which had seemed more favorable
than Jerry Brown’s proposition which would create more housing in the
prisons-the cost $715 million. Sonya Shah Safety and Justice supported this ruling, speaking on behave of the
prisoners telling the press they (like victims) need to be rehabilitated just
as Steinberg’s plan proposes. On the other end of the debate, Dawn Koepke of
Crime Victims United speaks against the passing of the plan, since it would
allow offenders into the streets.
I picked this
article of KCRA, thinking about the repercussions of both plans. I’ve been
hearing plans similar for months prior to this hearing. In my personal opinion, I honestly believe
that there are reasons for every prisoner to be in there. Also, how can this
bill pass when these people have been tried, given a sentence, and yet to have
finished that debt to society? Who will take responsibility if they repeat
their offense however small it may be?
These plans
differ, and I admit that I see folly in both plans. So, maybe you can read this
and argue with or against its passing.
Here’s the
link:
