OpinionJune 11, 1999
LETTERS: INMATE QUESTIONS SENTENCING RULES
To the editor: I would just like to say that I agree with a lot of stuff in Senate Bill 335 (which revises numerous sentencing provisions). But there is a whole lot of other stuff that's not fair to a whole lot of inmates and their families. Some of the stuff that's not fair is that SB335 doesn't affect prisoners incarcerated in the Department of Corrections...
Myron T. Todd Jr.
To the editor:
I would just like to say that I agree with a lot of stuff in Senate Bill 335 (which revises numerous sentencing provisions). But there is a whole lot of other stuff that's not fair to a whole lot of inmates and their families.
Some of the stuff that's not fair is that SB335 doesn't affect prisoners incarcerated in the Department of Corrections.
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For instance, I'm doing a 15-year sentence for possessing a large amount of drugs. According to SB335, since I am apparently a chemical-dependent drug addict, I was supposed to be in an alternative program for rehabilitation. Instead, I got no chance for probation. So here I sit with absolutely nothing I can do about it, taking up bed space for a murderer, rapist or child molester. I'm not alone in this situation.
MYRON T. TODD JR.
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
Pacific
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