The Chattanoogan: Justice Reform Bill Essential to Freeing Up Taxpayer Dollars to Fight The COVID-19 Crisis

by Rocky Boiman

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Reducing the size of the so-called “drug-free school zones” is a common-sense step, sponsored by well-respected conservatives Rep. Michael Curcio and Sen. Mike Bell (and supported by numerous conservative and bipartisan associations), that the Tennessee legislature can take to free up $18 million in taxpayer dollars and begin sending a message that safely reducing prison populations is a public health imperative. 

Very soon, education, economic development, and of course health care will require more significant investment, and while $18 million may be a drop in the bucket, every drop counts. The legislature should deem this common-sense criminal justice reform legislation “essential,” and pass it now…before it’s too late.

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/3/17/405965/Justice-Reform-Bill-Essential-To.aspx