Parole Of Aging Prisoners Act Analysis

Recently, I was a page for the Oklahoma State Senate and was able to sit in on many committee meetings, floor sessions, and read over the new bills. One of the bills that caught my eye was the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. This new act would allow prisoners over the age of 70 to be released from jail on parole. Now, of course there would be limits on who would be able to be let out. Serious crime convicts like murder and sexual assault charges would not be released. Even though this may be a great decrease of our taxes, this affects the whole community around us. Nor is it just a threat to the actual victims of these crimes, but more so to the innocent people of the community and individuals around and the lives at stake. I strongly urge anyone …show more content…
Now, that person at the least would be charged with a fifteen-year sentence to a state prison. By chance that the prisoner is over the age of 70 after ten years of his sentence, he/she would then be sent to the parole board to examine the case further. If the case looked promising and the parole board agreed, the once armed and dangerous person would be let out to roam the streets. The feeling of safeness and security is thrown out the window. Society should not have to feel as if walking on eggshells was the correct way to do life. The security and safety of the people is the number one priority, and by letting these people out, it is jeopardizing that saying. Not to say all of the humans locked up are not safe or ready to re-join society, but they’re the reason that jail is their …show more content…
On the contrary to what I believe, the other side of this has huge ideas on why these prisoners should be released. It is not just because prisons are overcrowded around the nation. Or that people need a second chance at life and they deserve to flourish in another chance. It is because they have served either more of half of their sentence, and hopefully transitioned into a better person than they were when they arrived at prison. By releasing these people, it would help with the costs of the prison maintenance, help the overcrowding issues, and give hope to this generation of people who have not seen the outside of concrete walls in less than 10 years. The points are clear and have been made that this would be a benefit to the prisons and prisoners to be released. Even though this would mean less of society’s money going away, the issues still arise when the chance is given to be