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Hi u/GovGaryJohnson and u/GovBillWeld! As a member of the r/ExCons community, a recently re-enfranchised voter, and a brand-new member of the Libertarian Party, I'd like to ask you some questions on criminal justice reform. (I've included some background information, most of which you're probably already aware of; my questions are at the bottom.)

The number of Americans incarcerated has increased from .5 million to 2.5 million since about 1980. That's .7% of the entire US population - one out of every hundred and forty Americans is currently incarcerated. Most of these individuals are incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, even though drug treatment in prison costs about $30,000, and outside of prison it costs $8,000. Despite the treatment offered, two thirds of prisoners will reoffend, and over half will be back in prison within a year of release. Resources for ex-offenders are scarce, and many return to a life of crime because it's the only life they know - no one will hire them, partly for fear of tort lawsuits.

In addition, the Innocence Project estimates that 2-5% of all prisoners are factually innocent - a number they reached based on how many they've been able to prove were innocent. Not only have they proved innocence, in many cases they've been able to find the real perpetrator, when the police investigation couldn't.

Perhaps most egregiously, private prisons have been exposed denying prisoners medical care. A Corrections Corporation of America (formerly Wackenhut) inmate in Louisiana was told he was faking the pain in his hands and feet and ignored for six months until his neighbors complained about the stench. He's since had his fingers and feet amputated, because he had gangrene. He told his story to an undercover reporter, who got a job as a corrections officer to document abuses. There is little to no oversight over private prisons, and some of the board members are the judges ordering offenders to be sent there. Here's one notorious example: Mark Ciavarella, who accepted payoffs to send kids to prison.

One of the key factors in reducing recidivism is maintaining contact with family and having a support network. However, companies contracting phone service to prisons don't bid based on cheaper service - they bid based on how much of a kickback they give the state per inmate call. It costs someone in prison in my state $15 to call me for 15 minutes.

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How will you address these issues?

• Do you have a plan to reduce our incarceration rate, reduce recidivism, and encourage more cost-effective treatment?

• Will you establish oversight and curtail abuses so that private prisons can't deny medical care to save money?

• How will you stop the companies using crony capitalism to profit from the mostly poor families trying to support their incarcerated loved ones?

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