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TopicPrisons
ContentI have read that a plurality of Oklahoma prisoners are learning-disabled and/or high-school dropouts. Imagine if our state were to spend some of its corrections money on diagnosing and treating/medicating and, through our excellent state Career Tech program, training/educating these prisoners. My bet is that money saved on early release for those successfully completing programs and on reduced recidivism would allow us to break even--at least--on prison costs. Think,too, of the differences in lives this legislative change could make!
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