The ACLU of Tennessee has criticized a judge's sentence reduction deal for inmates. Judge Sam Benningfield signed an order permitting a 30-day sentence reduction for male inmates who agree to have vasectomy and female inmates who agree to get the birth control implant Nexplanon, which prevents pregnancy for four years.
The program is voluntary. However, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has condemned the program, calling it "unconstitutional." [...] But Benningfield, who declined to speak to NBC News, told News Channel 5 that he is trying to encourage "personal responsibility" among inmates, who will not "be burdened with children" when they are released. "This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves," Benningfield told the station.
Since the program began, 32 women have received the birth control implant and 38 men have agreed to have a vasectomy, News Channel 5 reported. It was not immediately clear how many men have undergone the surgery.
Inmates can get two days knocked off their sentences for attending a course about the risks of babies born addicted to opioids:
America's opioid crisis is expanding to a new class of victims—unborn children. Infants are being born with symptoms of withdrawal, also known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS. In the last decade, states like Tennessee have seen a ten-fold rise in the number of babies born with NAS.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @08:54PM (4 children)
Who doesn't already have "enough" children?
It's not like we're some island with sub-1k population, struggling to avoid inbreeding, so it's not a real problem if you fail to pass on your genes. We've moved past the economic imperative to have kids of your own to look after you in your old age, because now everybody's kids pay taxes to look after everybody. And if we see an overall population shortage, we can just keep bringing in immigrants to make up the difference.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by unauthorized on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:27PM (2 children)
"Suppress your natural desires for my economic needs and political ideology" is one of the most fucked up things I've heard today.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:36PM (1 child)
If you can hear anonymous posters, you should be able to identify them and lead a task force dedicated to capturing and bringing them to justice.
(read this in shitpost voice)
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @11:58PM
"If you can hear anonymous posters, you should be able to identify them and lead a task force"
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Why do you need a task force ?
Because you're too much of a pussy to deal with someone on a one-on-one basis, that's why.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:53PM
True.
BTW, how's that border wall coming along?