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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: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @09:40PM (3 children)
When poor quality people breed, bad things happen. Some of the bad things include misery for those very people and their children. Some of the bad things happen to other people who are the victims of crimes perpetrated by people who were raised without a father and thus without proper guidance.
A knee-jerk "that's immoral" reaction to the judge's offer is proof that you have a childishly unrealistic view of the real world. Personally, I hope all you idiots who are so quick to judge that it's "morally wrong" are mugged, raped, or beaten within an inch of your lives, so you can learn the end results of your clueless social justice philosophy. It would serve you right.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:44PM
Kenneth Lay [wikipedia.org] had a father and his actions affected more than a single inmate did. Similarly for the founders of Lehman Brothers [wikipedia.org].
Your attitude reeks of "we gotta do it to them because they could do it to us and I wish them to do it upon you if you don't allow me to do it to them". If anyone is being childish, it's you.
I'm ok with you having that mentality but they you don't get to claim the moral higher ground. I guess, you are consistent in that then, you've shown your true colors.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:50PM
Well, that's certainly not violent or a knee-jerk reaction. You've proven yourself to be so much better than those SJWs you criticize!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:10AM
So please don't breed then.