The essay is well written and exhibits a rational approach to prisons and to government in general especially "it is no secret that government doesn’t operate as efficiently or effectively as we all wish it would." Is Heroux aware that in MA when people were held in a mental hospital even for a competency evaluation the state would bill the person for his "treatment." This is appropriate to his question "What are we going to do when an inmate is falsely arrested and awaiting trial only to be later released when charges are dropped or the person was found not guilty?" He did not address occasions when civilians are framed as the FBI and local police occasionally do to unpopular persons. It is humiliating to be arrested, held in a hospital and billed for having one's reputation irreparably damaged.
He focuses on one of many misguided ideas promoted by government officials who never held a real job, whose only experience is academic. Often the most brilliant scholars have little or no common sense. Integrity is another issue. We seldom know why bills or regulations get written by someone with a conflict of interest which they are not obligated to reveal. There are many counterproductive laws implemented for the profit of the special interests. His criticism is valid regarding an area of government abuse that few people consider.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1916608428/Guest-commentary-The-reality-of-inmate-incarceration-fees
Guest commentary: The reality of inmate incarceration fees
By Paul Heroux
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Feb 05, 2011 @ 07:34 AM
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