Letter: Taxpayers give inmates full range of benefits

The letter by Wray Jose claimed that “incarcerated convicts deserve solid rehabilitation programs — education, drug treatment, job training and more” (“Rehab is important, but so are prison facilities,” Star-Advertiser, May 22).

This would be an addition to the free meals, dental, medical, vision, law library and laundry services: great benefits for those who commit crimes. Perhaps the overcrowded conditions are partly due to all these great benefits. And possibly a reason why, after their release, some will commit more crimes, because in society, little is free.

Prison is not free either. Taxes, paid by law-abiding citizens, provide those benefits for those incarcerated and yet, more often than not, they are the ones victimized by violent criminals. Where are the benefits for the victim?

Guy Morgan

Moanalua

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