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TexasTowelie

(122,514 posts)
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 09:06 PM Jul 2017

Tennessee judge tells inmates: Get sterilized and I'll shave off jail time

A judge in central Tennessee is hoping to help repeat offenders “make something of themselves” by offering them a highly original and probably unconstitutional deal: reduced jail time in exchange for sterilization operations.

Under a standing order issued by General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield, inmates in White County, Tenn., can receive 30 days credit toward their jail time if they volunteer for vasectomies or contraceptive implants, as NewsChannel 5 reported Thursday.

The order came down quietly in May, and already dozens of inmates have sought to take advantage of it. Thirty-two women have received implants of the hormone device Nexplanon, and 38 men have signed up to receive vasectomies, according to NewsChannel 5.

The procedures are reportedly being performed free by the Tennessee Department of Health. The department did not immediately return messages early Friday seeking to confirm the account.

Read more: http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/07/21/tennessee-judge-tells-inmates-get-sterilized-and-ill-shave-off-jail-time/

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Tennessee judge tells inmates: Get sterilized and I'll shave off jail time (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
Does not seem constitutional to me. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2017 #1
Eugenics, another rotten idea that refuses to die. Warpy Jul 2017 #2

Warpy

(113,844 posts)
2. Eugenics, another rotten idea that refuses to die.
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 11:13 PM
Jul 2017

If he really wants to cleanse the human gene pool of its worst pollution, he needs to offer the option to white collar criminals, all of them. The average dirtball he sees might have harmed half a dozen people. White collar dirtbags hurt millions at a time.

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