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Why do parish Sheriffs get any say on the release of someone incarcerated at the state level? >..In October 2017, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish, which i
by x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Why do parish Sheriffs get any say on the release of someone incarcerated at the state level?
>..In October 2017, Sheriff Steve Prator of Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport, told reporters he was concerned that a recent criminal justice effort in the state was bad for parish governments. Not only would it result in higher crime rates among the “bad” former prisoners, but it would also deprive his staff of free labor provided by the “good ones.”
That's not surprising in the least. Much of the Deep South still holds on to Lost Cause ideology ideals, including the idea that the state security apparatus should be used to extract free labor from The Other.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoIt's tempting to attribute this to Southern ideology, but California's "End Slavery in California Act" also failed for similar reasons. It's expensive to do what's right, so it's easier for lawmakers and officials to pretend that the system is working as intended and that punishment is the goal. This is the unspoken truth that they don't want to admit though sometimes it sneaks out: "It costs too much to do the right thing."
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoThe cost reasons though are people concern-trolling for a reason to continue to do the wrong thing. Not to mention, in the article they state how much extra cash is needed to keep people beyond their detention date. When it's something awful that they want the state to do, things like adventurous and optional wars, or the War On Drugs, we never hear murmurings about "costs".