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Spend Funds on Family Residential Treatment Centers
- Target: President Bush, President, The White House
It costs Americans $64,000 per year to house a non-violent drug offender in jail, $42,000 in prison. Substance abuse is implicated in 80% of their crimes and 50-70% of them read below the sixth grade level. There is little treatment or education provided in prison, leading to a staggering 78.5% recidivism rate. It costs us $20-55,000 to place a child in foster care for one year and over 50% of them become incarcerated or addicted at some point. It would only cost us $26,000 to place a parent and two children in a family residential treatment program where they receive education, counseling, job and parenting skills. There are only a handful of these programs in America. There are thousands of jails and prisons. Please divert funds from imprisoning non-violent drug-offenders into building these treatment centers. Thank you.
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