It’s comforting when people actually investigate prisons.  In Vermont, they looked at female populations and discovered that a whopping 70% of those in prison are there as repeaters–but because of a technical parole violation.  And why is that?  No child care.  No transportation to parole office.  No money for telephone to call in.  These problems can be resolved with a little common sense, not with yet more incarceration–paid for by taxpayers.  And not resolved by tearing mothers away from their families again, leaving many of them without any financial support.  When will legislators listen to families?  to common sense instead of their political/monetary supporters?  Follow the money.

http://www.reformer.com/people/ci_26750564/women-prison-vt-is-topic-at-aauw-meeting