...parole and public trust, but also an abuse of state resources. As a community, and as parents, we depend on the parole system to carefully screen applicants seeking parole, and only release those who will follow the terms of their release...

...again. Why then, do we continue to expand on a process that has clearly shown that it generally does not work? The parole system has some positive advantages especially when a state's prisons are overfull or funding has been cut and they need...

...facility like Lemon Creek Correctional Center, but people are ordered to live there by the court, probation and parole systems. Some finish prison sentences and others serve entire prison sentences at the halfway house. "If you walk away...