"2. Have inmates..." There would have to be transportation provided to the littered locations, and equipment to pick up the trash and haul it, and guards to watch over these criminals -- none of this would come for free. And you can't use the existing guards, since somebody has to watch the people still in the jail. And fewer guards are needed to watch a jail full of people than to watch a bunch wandering around loose picking up litter. (And how long would it take before some person in jail makes an arrangement with friends to leave some drugs or other contraband hidden in a special spot under some litter? Or even hide a gun there for them?)
WM: This already happens. It's called Sentenced to Serve. The county runs the program and you can call them for information.
Sorry Jeff, but neither of these could be done without increased spending of public money. (And that's not even counting the legal costs to defend these in court, if someone challenged the city's right to do such a program.)
WM: Actually, a judge can sentence people with or without creativity. A judge in Colorado sentenced a teenager to learn to ski. Said teenager, along with his dad, went about that. Even though he was
scorned by other Olympic skiers when he arrived to compete (they called him a "nose picker"--not in the same class as their charmed selves). He still came in second in the downhill.
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