This is an Open Letter to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
To whom it may concern,
You have made a decision to release prisoner #9819783 from the Century Regional Dentention Center into what is commonly known as "house arrest". From various media sources, the claim is that the prisoner was released due to a medical condition that is (for the moment) undisclosed.
Though I may not be a resident of California, I believe you have made a grave error in your decision.
I am only guessing, but herpes is not a valid reason to send someone home from jail. Neither is coninued sobbing about your situation.
There are probably many other unofficial reasons you sent this high-profile prisoner home. (It's not everyday the people of California hear that a jail has a problem with staph infections.)
Whatever may have been you ultimate cause for sending Ms. Hilton on her merry way, you have let another high-profile inmate go just because of her status. This is unacceptable because it continues to lessen the people's faith in the already flawed correctional system.
People in Ms. Hilton's posistion need to be made an example of. Giving them exceptions to the rules undermines the entire reason they are put in jail in the first place. Perhaps you never heard the idea that if you make exceptions for one group of people, you should have to make exceptions for the rest.
So, perhaps what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Go ahead and release other misdemeanor offenders from the Century Facility. Then the felony inmates. Hell, why not just open the doors to ALL your jails and let EVERYONE out into home custody?
Not a good proposistion is it?
This was a genuine opportunity to prove how just our society can be, both in domestic and international eyes. However, you have once again shown the flaws in our system and that one person's status keeps them ahead of those without the protection of their name.
To quote the French mathematician Blaise Pascal, "Justice without force is powerless"
So I ask you ladies and gentlemen of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where is your force now?
~Nathan B.
Blogger and Concerned Citizen
1 comment:
While I agree it would do Paris a bit of good to be kept in jail, Califorina as well as many other states have overcrowded prisons. Non-violent offenders are often released early, and it's even being proposed that non-violent offenders receive house arrest instead of overcrowding the jails. Housing prisoners costs a lot of tax dollars. If she is actually forced to stay home the alloted amount of time, then it could in fact be worse for Paris (all her friends out partying, and her stuck at home).
However, if she gets cut slack there as well, it will indeed suck. Of course, her status doesn't hurt...but there really is an issue with overcrowding in prisons in the state of CA. If they really wanted to punish that bimbo, they'd ship her off to a desert island with no communication/technology.
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