Dermody sponsors bill to have criminals pay parole expenses

The Michigan City News-Dispatch has a good editorial about a Dermody sponsored bill that would have parolees pay for parole expenses. 

The idea of having parolees pay for their own parole is an idea that strikes a chord. State Rep. Tom Dermody, R-La Porte, thinks so, anyway. He was a co-sponsor of a measure that has passed both houses of the General Assembly that would require men and women on parole in Indiana to pay for mandated treatment and other expenses.

A strong argument can be made that it is unfair to have taxpayers foot the bill for that treatment.

Dermody said it is time to end a "free pass" for parolees. "I am in favor of rehabilitating those who were incarcerated and I can think of no better way to teach responsibility than asking them to contribute in a monetary way for their own well-being," said Dermody.