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From: Jonathan L Norman< >
Subject: Re: vandalism
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 10:21:30 -0500


The sheriffs > department would put inmates to work cleaning up the
overgrown
>graves. [this was in Louisiana]

we started a cemetery preservation group over a year ago in Benton Co AR
and our sheriff has used inmates to help work in our old cemeteries too-
every day the inmates work, counts as 2 days on their sentence- so alot
of public service work is done and the guys get out quicker [only non
violent prisoners get to do this]

we are also working on getting the law changed so that cemetery vandalism
is a felony and not just a misdemeanor.
Linda N

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