Marc Levin, director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, researched parole for "infirm" inmates and discovered that, in Texas alone, the state would save $42.6 million in 2013, while only adding $1.57 million in parole costs.
It's arithmetic. Tax dollars. So why can't parole baords begin releasing the terminally ill, the veterans who can't walk but can be released to VA centers, etc.
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/texas-board-of-pardons-and-paroles/inmates-case-highlights-medical-parole-issues/
It's arithmetic. Tax dollars. So why can't parole baords begin releasing the terminally ill, the veterans who can't walk but can be released to VA centers, etc.
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/texas-board-of-pardons-and-paroles/inmates-case-highlights-medical-parole-issues/
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