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“Beyond the bad publicity, Oklahoma’s outrageous habit of throwing away salvageable lives is just plain bad. If the mere morality of the issue doesn’t convince you, consider these arguments: It runs up the state’s corrections budget, robs money from education, overcrowds our prisons, makes it harder to hold onto dangerous criminals, shrinks the work force, continues the cycle of poverty across generations, and establishes the precedent that Oklahoma treats medical problems with incarceration. It also makes us no safer.”
– Wayne Green of the Tulsa World discussing Oklahoma’s high female incarceration rate – the highest in the nation. (Source)
