Good post. I agree with you in the fact, we have to protect the community. With prisons increasingly releasing more prisoners to reduce overcrowding, safety is a concern. However, with early releases, a prisoner may not get the rehabilitation they need to be functional in society. There are some prisoners who do not know how to function and cope with the real outside world. Then it can be argued in order to rehabilitate a prisoner properly and give them the capabilities to function outside the prison walls is going to cost money. How will funding be appropriated to the prison system? Will taxes be raised? Where will the money come from? State and federal budgets are being reduced almost yearly. Serious consideration and analysis would need
