tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post6081982571856704405..comments2024-02-28T05:56:28.293-08:00Comments on California Correctional Crisis: Book Review: Smart on Crime by Kamala HarrisHadar Aviramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-30744823622173536452009-11-11T09:59:53.462-08:002009-11-11T09:59:53.462-08:00This great comment, Anonymous, brings up the impor...This great comment, Anonymous, brings up the important question: what is parole supposed to do? Were parole an instrument of reentry, it would provide hope and opportunity.Hadar Aviramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-80064597193964870742009-11-10T21:24:17.457-08:002009-11-10T21:24:17.457-08:00I was a person on the tail of doing life on the in...I was a person on the tail of doing life on the installment plan. What changed my course was a great wife and the desire to not go back, Being off of parole helped. It was like as long as I was on parole I kept my self recycling through the system. I gave up on trying to do right when I was on parole. It seemed to me that the deck was set against me. I'm not saying parole isn't necessary, but the length of parole is. I got away with being prosecuted for crimes in lieu of a parole violation. Whats the incentive? I was habitually addicted to drugs and knew that if I got caught committing a crime in SF all I would do at the most was a year with half time eligibility. No more than 8 months at worse. That's less time than if you are committed to the county.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com