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In reference to the question: Should non-violent criminals be incarcerated? ... The answer is …maybe we should think of alternatives to incarceration, because incarceration doesn’t work”, a member of the panel Mario Merola, D. ... (1) He believes that many citizens who commit non-violent crimes should not be incarcerated. ...
James Thompson, Governor of Illinois agrees that non-violent criminals do not belong in prison. ... The Drug Policy Alliance defines SACPA as; “an initiative aimed at rehabilitating rather than incarcerating non-violent drug possession offenders.”(2) Under this new policy, any person convicted of a non-violent drug possession offense shall receive probation. ... The court may not impose incarceration as an additional condition of probation. ... If the offender declines treatment then the court may impose incarceration as an option. ... Experts from the Drug Policy Alliance and the Campaign for New Drug Policies estimate that because of the high cost of incarceration in comparison to the low cost of treatment, California saved at least $275 million in taxpayer money during the first year of Proposition 36 enforcement. ... According to the ACLU poll on February 25, 2002 everyone benefits from the Community Service program since it:
Allows the offender to continue to be an employed, tax-paying citizen, free from incarceration.
Approximate Word count = 923
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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