Word: booting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Double the prisons . . . boot camps for first-felony offenders . . . fight drugs from every direction," urged Republican Clayton Williams. "Free college tuition for good kids from at-risk families . . . better vocational training . . . more private-sector jobs," he went on. And all this with no new taxes...
...alternatives can be expensive. New Mexico spent nearly $100,000 for its first two dozen electronic shackles, which frequently transmitted false alarms or, worse, failed to signal when an offender had sneaked out the door. In Oklahoma a Justice Department study found that offenders sent to so-called boot camps -- military-style detention camps, complete with harsh drills -- were more likely to land back in jail than ex-cons who served time in regular prisons...
Call it the 24-hour Crimson Undergraduate Experience. If at times it seems like boot camp, don't despair: We're here for four years...