Wednesday, December 26, 2007

County to Let All Women Prisoners out of Jail

Speaking of the female sentencing discount, La Crosse County, Wisconsin has decided to let all of its female prisoners out of jail.

Supervisor Keith Belzer, one of the architects of the policy, says that women who are in jail are almost always there "because of some kind of relationship with a man." Wow.

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