A tiny Alabama community is testing a brand new punishment plan. Operation Restore Our Community, begins in the coming week. In the small community of Bay Minette, misdemeanor offenders will be provided a choice of punishment. Either imprisonment time, or one year of Sundays going to church, could be selected by the culprit.
Operation Restore Our Community
The one city judge in Bay Minette, Ala., has decided to start a brand new plan. The Operation Restore Our Community program is something there are over 50 churches involved in. The penalty that misdemeanor non-violent offenders have will be a choice. This is what the plan does. The plan allows culprits to decide to go to church every Sunday for a year. This would be the choice rather than imprisonment and charges. Culprits will be required to check in with both the pastor and the police every Sunday, and if they miss any church their suit will be reconsidered. If the year of church attendance is completed, the lawsuit is dismissed.
Solid statistical basis
Operation Restore Our Community didn't come from thin air. In fact, it came from figures. The chances that criminals and culprits will re-offend are much lower when the culprit has a strong connection to the community. The studies typically show that full scale "community involvement" is helpful. It makes a huge difference. Most of these studies also consider only Jeudo-Christian church attendance, instead of a full range of religious options.
Will conserve the neighborhood money
The Bay Minette Law enforcement Chief has voiced his support for the Operation Restore Our Community plan. The city is strapped for cash, and the program has the potential to lower municipal costs. Keeping an inmate in jail is not cheap. It costs about $75 a day to do. That means a one-year prison sentence would cost the city or state $27,000; the church-attendance plan will likely cost much less, as it requires only a weekly check-in with officials.
Keeping from rights
The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment claims "no religious doctrine shall be established by law." Several individuals assume this means a separation of church and state is anticipated. A number of people are concerned about what the program will do. It endorses religion, which makes many individuals scared. The administrators of the program point out that with 56 church possibilities, no single religion or belief is being endorsed. Nobody has tested the idea that culprits may not believe in anything offered to them.
Operation Restore Our Community
The one city judge in Bay Minette, Ala., has decided to start a brand new plan. The Operation Restore Our Community program is something there are over 50 churches involved in. The penalty that misdemeanor non-violent offenders have will be a choice. This is what the plan does. The plan allows culprits to decide to go to church every Sunday for a year. This would be the choice rather than imprisonment and charges. Culprits will be required to check in with both the pastor and the police every Sunday, and if they miss any church their suit will be reconsidered. If the year of church attendance is completed, the lawsuit is dismissed.
Solid statistical basis
Operation Restore Our Community didn't come from thin air. In fact, it came from figures. The chances that criminals and culprits will re-offend are much lower when the culprit has a strong connection to the community. The studies typically show that full scale "community involvement" is helpful. It makes a huge difference. Most of these studies also consider only Jeudo-Christian church attendance, instead of a full range of religious options.
Will conserve the neighborhood money
The Bay Minette Law enforcement Chief has voiced his support for the Operation Restore Our Community plan. The city is strapped for cash, and the program has the potential to lower municipal costs. Keeping an inmate in jail is not cheap. It costs about $75 a day to do. That means a one-year prison sentence would cost the city or state $27,000; the church-attendance plan will likely cost much less, as it requires only a weekly check-in with officials.
Keeping from rights
The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment claims "no religious doctrine shall be established by law." Several individuals assume this means a separation of church and state is anticipated. A number of people are concerned about what the program will do. It endorses religion, which makes many individuals scared. The administrators of the program point out that with 56 church possibilities, no single religion or belief is being endorsed. Nobody has tested the idea that culprits may not believe in anything offered to them.
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