Outsider:   I have no problem paying to put these  CRIMINALS in PRISON.  I DISAGREE with you about offenders not being able to get jobs.   Listen to the Lars Larson radio show each day.  Lars is now in Portland where his show is broadcast.  Lars has many extremely large construction companies calling him and asking him to broadcast that they have LOTSA jobs available.  They do NOT care  if you have a criminal history or whatever.  What they do ask is that you show up for work on TIME  everyday, and NOT be under the INFLUENCE.  They have hundreds of jobs available starting at $18.00/hour + Benefits,  and the construction companies can NOT even begin to fill all the JOB Openings..............