Prison farms have operated in this country in one form or another for 100 years. Suddenly we have a decision taken to shut them down. I've been to 20 institutions over the past six months. Not one person I have spoken to at an institution, from guards to wardens to inmates--not one person, and I've talked to hundreds of people to this point--said they favour shutting down prison farms as a good idea.
Do you know anybody in the correctional system who thinks it's a positive development for corrections in this country to shut down the prison farm program?