02-23-2011, 07:32 AM
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Originally posted by oink
You have to make sure you are comparing apples to apples when looking at the stats for these alternative programs. They often show low recidivism rates mainly because they don't pick their clients from a true cross section of the prision population. Their clients are usually better prospects from the get go.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
ATV at that time had a program run by FCS and then Transition Network up at Kulani for those incarcerated for domestic violence. They also kept stats on those when released from prison. Dont know if the new ATV group keeps those same stats.
They also had a SOTP up there that was definitely one of the best run by Jana Hill.
But I do agree - keep them out of the general public... with the caveat that I had a gay friend who got accused of a sex offense - and the supposed victim was a girl of 15. He said he didnt do it - the girls father was a wackadoddle with power in Hilo. My friend had a lame public defender, no rape kit was done or it was "lost" maybe - as the dad knew what daughter was doing with older men for substances. The girl now is early thirties and has since recanted the episode. But my friend forever is labeled as a sex offender and he was gay even back then. Girl was drunk and druggie and he knew her and found her doing stuff for drug and drink money that a 15 yr old shouldn't be doing, and then smarted off something sarcastic to dad at front door when he drug the drunk daughter home to her parents.
When it came out in the paper 6-7 yrs ago with the list of sex offenders, I asked him the story... he said I had to promise not to laugh!! Which seemed weird before I heard the story. After wards, I was like you? You are SO gay (flaming) so this story as you tell it has to be true!!
What do we do with people like my friend? He cant even be cleared on DNA evidence as it does not exist for this case.