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Yeah, it's easier to turn your life around when you don't have a prison record around your neck. Bravo Texas.

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Friday, January 13th, 2012 12:10pm PST - promote requested by longde.

9 to 1 CBA, business 101 says that is a no brainer.

edit: With a 4%+ gain in effectiveness means for a 36% increase in ROI, if my math is right.

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*Howto seek real justice!

The majority of crime isn't committed by people who grew up saying "when I grow up I wanna sell coke and go to jail!"

Crime is a clear demonstration of the lack of purposeful employment opportunities as well as the inequality between rich and poor.

But I guess the takeaway is that the state has to be in financial trouble before it realizes it cannot lock every nose picker and pot smoker up, and Canada isn't going to be in financial trouble until the oilsands dry up. Perhaps what the conservatives don't quite grasp is how many Canadians smoke pot and work 9-5 jobs...

Invocations (howto) cannot be called by Peroxide because Peroxide is not privileged - sorry.

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Adding video to channels (Howto) - requested by longde.

the implications here are enormous. really good news. i wish i could upvote a thousand times.
This is a wonderful step towards actual rational thinking in the USA when it comes to drugs (non-violent offenses and imprisonment).

at one point in my life i represented incarcerated juveniles in louisiana, the majority of which were imprisoned on petty drug offenses. Once they were in the system it was typically a downward spiral. incredibly sad and incredibly stupid. what a waste.

it's almost hard to believe that texas, who often led the "tough on crime" crap, is leading in the right direction.

I don't disagree with the assessments of the video, but I'm pretty certain this is just another one of our famous polished turds. There's a good chance this program is only limited to Dallas county, and may not be in effect, or at the very least hasn't grown.

Canada probably does/did a whole lot more to rehabilitate criminals than Texas ever will. Maybe its easier to show the efficacy of a program when you go to a place where its essentially incarceration without rehabilitation.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/crimereports/10/citCh2.pdf

I live in West Texas and while this may be true in Dallas it is NOT around here I've seen people get 5 year sentences for being in the same car as someone who got a < 1g. cocaine possession charge.
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I don't disagree with the assessments of the video, but I'm pretty certain this is just another one of our famous polished turds. There's a good chance this program is only limited to Dallas county, and may not be in effect, or at the very least hasn't grown.
Canada probably does/did a whole lot more to rehabilitate criminals than Texas ever will. Maybe its easier to show the efficacy of a program when you go to a place where its essentially incarceration without rehabilitation.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/crimereports/10/citCh2.pdf

>> ^longde:

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Yeah, it's easier to turn your life around when you don't have a prison record around your neck. Bravo Texas.


A bunch of rich white guys got together in the name of government, they created permanent punishment while putting out money that holds people back in conjunction with said policies... Certainly they had minorities' best interests at heart.

>> ^Crosswords:

I don't disagree with the assessments of the video, but I'm pretty certain this is just another one of our famous polished turds. There's a good chance this program is only limited to Dallas county, and may not be in effect, or at the very least hasn't grown.
Canada probably does/did a whole lot more to rehabilitate criminals than Texas ever will. Maybe its easier to show the efficacy of a program when you go to a place where its essentially incarceration without rehabilitation.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/crimereports/10/citCh2.pdf


a polished turd would even be a good start, especially when states are faced with enormous budgetary shortfalls. the Buddhists would say "suffering brings wisdom", altho it might be more apt to say in this case, with financial ruin comes rationality. (hopefully)
all in all, it's a positive at a time when we could use some positives, in a place that one would least expect it.