Pubdate: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 Source: Charleston Gazette (WV) Copyright: 2005 Charleston Gazette Contact: http://www.wvgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/77 Note: Source rarely prints LTEs received from outside its circulation area Author: Nelvin Moreland REHAB NEEDED, NOT JAIL TIME Editor: Who pays the price for alcohol and drug offenders? Answer: Our families and the taxpayers. Don't get me wrong; jail is no walk in the park. But wouldn't it be more of a punishment to us to be sentenced to a rehabilitation facility and made to pay fines, than to sit in a regional jail? Regional jails don't offer rehab, and being an addict, rehabilitation is what we need. Speaking for myself, it would be more of a correction going to a rehab and paying fines for my crime than to sit here waiting for a space to open up in prison. It's not the taxpayers' fault, and it's not my family's fault, so why make them pay for my mistake? Nelvin Moreland Southern Regional Jail - --- MAP posted-by: Beth