I am writing to draw attention to the fact that our state Legislature’s budget cuts are resulting in cutbacks in sex offender-specific treatment for both adult and juvenile offenders. The budget at the prison has not increased in 17 years, and this is within a time frame that the sex offender population there has been exploding. The juvenile sex offender population is mushrooming, too, without increase in funding. Full Letter to the Editor
UT: Letter – Sex offender treatment worth the money
- ·February 3, 2015
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We need to better educate our own, quoting a recidivism rate of “under 20” is letters to the editor doesn’t help our situation. Don’t perpetuate myths and fallacies… 🙁
Utah doesn’t really have any organization when it comes to offenders.
Which is more worthwhile; treating people after they do something or investing in intervention and diversion so they don’t do something?