Mitch Daniels on Crime

Republican IN Governor

Strengthen laws against horrid practice of human trafficking

We should--no, we must--strengthen our laws against the horrid practice of human trafficking, and we must do it in time for the Super Bowl, the kind of event at which the exploitation of young women is rampant in the absence of such a tough law. Source: Indiana 2012 State of the State Address , Jan 10, 2012

Privatize prison management

It cost nearly $60 per day to house an Indiana prisoner, and a broke state could not afford to open New Castle [prison] on that basis. So the state found other jurisdictions as far away as Oklahoma who would do the job for $45 or $50, awaiting a time when it could staff New Castle under the collective bargaining agreements then in effect. Needless to say, those agreements would never have permitted the action I had called for: bidding out the management of the new facility to the nation's growing and highly sophisticated private corrections marketplace. When we did so, the winning bid came in well below $40 per day. What had been a million-dollar "white elephant" at New Castle opened under private management and had a stellar record, with zero escapes and fewer injuries than Indiana's traditional prisons. In 2010, it became the first facility in Indiana and one of the few anywhere to achieve a perfect score on its national accreditation inspection. Source: Keeping the Republic, by Mitch Daniels, p.140-141 , Sep 20, 2011

Incarcerate in a smarter way, based on danger to society

One opportunity lies in reform of our criminal justice system. A bipartisan task force of police, judges, prosecutors, and others fashioned a package of changes to see that lawbreakers are incarcerated in a smarter way, one that matches their place of punishment to their true danger to society. We can be tougher on the worst offenders, and protect Hoosiers more securely, while saving a billion dollars the next few years. Let's seize this opportunity, without waiting. Source: 2011 Indiana State of the State Address , Jan 11, 2011

Support the death penalty

Support the death penalty in Indiana.
Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
Daniels adds, "Indiana does not currently need additional prison capacity. If/when it does, I will support creating it."

Source: Indiana Gubernatorial Election 2008 Political Courage Test , Nov 1, 2008

Prevent recidivism with vocational training & alternatives

Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
Daniels adds, "My administration has created a number of prisoner re-entry and community corrections programs to prevent recidivism and provide alternatives to incarceration for appropriate offenders."

Source: Indiana Gubernatorial Election 2008 Political Courage Test , Nov 1, 2008

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