FOX News: 'New Regulations On Way For Halfway Houses'

Source:FOX News Toledo- a halfway house in Toledo, Ohio.

"You could soon see more convicted felons in your neighborhood.

As Ohio leaders move more nonviolent offenders out of state prisons to save money, Toledo's elected officials are preparing for the after-effects: an expected increase in the number of halfway houses.

Toledo only has two state-licensed halfway houses right now, including a Volunteers of America treatment center in North Toledo. But local leaders expect to see applications for several more, as convicted felons move from a life behind bars to a community-control setting."  

From FOX News Toledo

Anytime you have a slow, economy, with high unemployment, like we have today, you are going to have states and localities, like Toledo, Ohio, run deficits. And as a result they're going to look for ways to make saving without hurting their public services. 

I'm not a resident of Toledo, Ohio, actually I've never even been there, but that's what's going on here. Prisons and jails are expensive and when they're filled with nonviolent offenders, like drug addicts, they become more expensive. And when economic and financial times are tough, getting those folks out of prison and jail and having them live in places like this that are privately run, where the residents there pay for their own cost of living, makes a lot of financial sense, especially for taxpayers.