الثلاثاء، 6 أغسطس 2013

Alabama Courts Offer Pews Or Cells For Misdemeanor Offenders

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By Cornelius Nunev


A tiny Alabama community is testing a new penalty program. Operation Restore Our Community, begins next week. Nonviolent, misdemeanor culprits in Bay Minette will be provided an option. The one judge in the town has set up this option, and it's one or the other. Offenders are given the option to attend one of about 56 churches for a full year of Sundays. Otherwise, they must pay a fine and go to jail.

Helping individuals out

A city judge has made a new program. This bay Minette, Alabama judge is excited about this. Churches are excited to participate in Operation Restore Our community. There are over 50 churches signed up already. The plan will give misdemeanor non-violent offenders an option of their penalty. Rather than getting prison and charges, offenders can choose to go to church every Sunday for a year with the program. If the person misses any days of church, they'll have their lawsuit looked at again. They have to check in with police and pastors every Sunday to make sure they have gone. One year of church is enough to get the case dismissed. This is all a person has to do.

Generally helps

Operation Restore Our Community did not come from thin air. In fact, it came from figures. Having a strong connection to the community makes a large difference for culprits. Criminals are much less likely to re-offend. This attendance is simply part of a full scale "community involvement" metric, several studies believe. Not all religions are shown to help in the study. Mostly only Jeudo-Christian church attendance works.

To conserve cash

The Operation Restore Our Community plan is supported by the Bay Minette Police Chief. The plan will probably reduce municipal costs, which helps a lot since the city is low on cash. Keeping an inmate in imprisonment isn't cheap. It costs about $75 a day to do. The church-attendance plan will cost hardly anything. That is pretty good compared to the $27,000 a year it costs to have an inmate.

Concerns about First Amendment

The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment claims "no religious doctrine shall be established by law." Many individuals assume this means a separation of church and state is expected. A number of people are concerned about what the plan will do. It endorses religion, which makes many people scared. All administrators suggest that there are several opportunities for people with the 56 churches. That means religious beliefs are not being pushed. However, the constitutionality of the plan or of particular culprits who do not subscribe to the offered churches' beliefs has yet to be tested.



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