Back So Soon

COVID 19 was running rampant and the experiment, intended to save lives, appeared to be so noble. Kentucky’s Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, was convinced that prison overcrowding in his state might produce epic fatalities among the inmates and staff, so he commuted the sentences of 17-hundred felons in April and August or 2020. They got out of prison early, and we wish we could report that the vast majority of those receiving those unearned pardons saw the light and learned their lessons.
That’s what we WISH we could report.
The real-world statistics are harrowing, however.
Republican State Representative Kevin Bratcher requested that the state follow-up on the activities of those released early, and according to Blaze News, as of last month, nearly 70 percent of Governor Beshear’s unshackled prisoners had been charged with at least one new criminal charge.
According to the Blaze report, the most common crimes committed carried drug or property-related charges.
Rehabilitation of prisoners is half the purpose for incarceration. Protecting society from predators plays an equal or greater role in the prison process. Serving longer sentences can help society achieve both goals, teaching the inmates new attitudes and life skills, while keeping them away from easy marks and helpless targets.
People can and do change, but blanket pardons cannot take the place of thoughtful parole boards. When the gates swing too quickly at the state penitentiary, they can become revolving doors.
The last thing we need to hear our prison guards ask is, “Back so soon?”

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