THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 8, 1995 TAG: 9507080002
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 24 lines
I must protest Governor Allen's decision to withhold funding from the sex-offender program in Bland.
What a dumb, Dark Ages decision that is. No program is 100 percent effective, but if only one of those inmates is helped to change his ways, then we'll have one less sex offender on the street.
People must be given hope. Sex offenders are sick people who need hope and help to become healthy human beings. Statistics show that treatment programs cut the rate of re-offenses by half, and the men in the program claim that it changed their lives.
DIANE SMITH LEIDERMAN
Virginia Beach, June 25, 1995 by CNB