[Vision2020] Sex Offender

Tue Mar 8 12:48:13 PST 2011

I'm confused as to why we're focusing solely on sex offenders.  The large
majority of folks in the prison system are there on drug-related charges.
Leave the sex offenders in, and early-relase (or reduce sentencing
guidelines for) the drug-related offenders in order to save money and reduce
the size of the prison-industrial complex.  Also, do not renew contracts for
private prison profiteers, that way 35-40% of the state's prison costs won't
be set in stone.  If we are going to set anything in stone, it should be a
base level of funding for education (and that base level should be higher
than the current level of funding).

-Reggie

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is a tricky issue.
>
> On the one hand, I don't have much of a problem telling someone like John
> Rydberg, who has admitted to more than 90 sex offenses (see link below),
> that he should remain incarcerated.
>
> On the other hand, even if we suppose that there is a 75% recidivism rate
> for sex offenders, you're still talking about the unjustified punishment of
> 25% of them if the suggestion IF the suggestion is something like the "civil
> commitment sex offender treatment program" that Minnesota has.
>
> Not that Rose or anyone else is suggesting that. So far the point is that
> sex offenders should not be allowed early release and that is a no-brainer,
> as it is with the early release of any violent criminal (unless there are
> extenuating circumstances).
>
> But the overall issue of what to do with sex offenders, how long they
> deserve punishment, and whether incarceration in the form of treatment after
> punishment is a viable option is a very difficult issue, though one that
> needs much attention.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> A pertinent story from Here and Now" this morning on NWPR:
>>
>> http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/08/minnesota-sex-offender
>>
>> Ron Force
>> Moscow Idaho USA
>>
>>
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>> *From:* "betsyd at turbonet.com" <betsyd at turbonet.com>
>> *To:* Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>; vision 2020 <
>> vision2020 at moscow.com>; Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tue, March 8, 2011 11:37:40 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Sex Offender
>>
>> Couldn't agree with you more!
>>
>> Bets
>>
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: "Rosemary Huskey" donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
>> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:20:41 -0800
>> To: "'vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com, "'Sunil Ramalingam'"
>> sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Sex Offender
>>
>> > A juried review of recidivism, therapeutic modalities, etc. for sex
>> > offenders: http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html
>> >
>> > The type of offense appears to have some impact of the likelihood of
>> > reoffending, (which is high at any rate amongst non-incest child
>> molesters).
>> > There seems to be  disagreement among professionals about what
>> constitutes a
>> > re-offense.  For example, does re-offense mean an arrest, a conviction,
>> or
>> > probation violation?  And, of course, no one, except the perpetrators
>> and
>> > the victims really know what that rate is. What is clear is that it is
>> > underreported.  Whether the rate (including perpetrators in regular
>> group
>> > "therapy" and I also use quotes) is 50% or .5% the possibility that
>> > convicted child molesters will continue to troll for and abuse children
>> is
>> > too high.  As for specifics, Steven Sitler was jailed in Latah County
>> for
>> > almost a year and did in fact drive himself (alone), to the
>> > Lewiston/Clarkston area regularly for "therapy."  And yes, there were
>> > controls in place in terms of time driving and mileage etc.
>> nonetheless, it
>> > was, in my opinion, a risky situation.  I ask you and other 2020
>> > contributors, as I did the leaders of Christ Church who support him in
>> his
>> > upcoming marriage, would you allow Steve Sitler, given his horrendous
>> > history of child molestation, unlimited, unsupervised access to your
>> young
>> > children?  No therapeutic professional would guarantee that Mr. Sitler,
>> or
>> > others with similar criminal histories, can be "cured"  consequently no
>> > thoughtful adult should trust him around any children.  And, yes, I
>> would
>> > gladly pay  more in taxes to keep offenders with a history like Mr.
>> Sitler's
>> > in jail until he is 80 years old.  His life time probation offers
>> absolutely
>> > zero protection to his potential victims.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rose Huskey
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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