Keep ‘em coming
Southwest Virginian prisons are welcoming imported prisoners from out-of-state and I say this is great. The article talks about how Virginians will need to increase their crime level in order to keep criminals from out of state out of our prisons. My question is, why keep the imported people out? Having these prisoners come into our prisons will not affect us in anyway, except for the better. It will be better to have imported criminals in our prisons because people in the area are not committing enough crimes themselves. We are filling our prisons with out-of state criminals because we are not keeping up with the amount of criminals needed to fill our prisons, great right? Sounds like it to me, not to mention the money coming to the state from Wyoming who will pay close to $19 million to have 300 prisoners imported. The $19 million coming in will save taxpayers money because they are being charged for the newest prison in Tazewell, which opened in September. So a message to Virginians is to keep doing what you’re doing and we will save money and our streets will continue to be safe.
-Jerrid Morelen
My Name is Jerrid Morelen I am currently a junior at Radford University. I am majoring in economics as well as finance. My hometown Is Chesapeake Virginia, I graduated from Great Bridge High School in 2005. I am aspiring to be a financial adviser for Merrill Lynch and maybe someday open up my own firm.