Re: your Nov. 19 article, "52,000 inmates could be set free":
To the threat that 52,000 prisoners in the state penal system may be released because of overcrowding, I say, "Great!" The vast majority of these prisoners come from the biggest cities and counties, so send this human waste back to them. People like J. Clark Kelso, the federal receiver trying to build a maximum security prison hospital in Ventura County, and his gang of gangster lawyers should know what it feels like to have a bunch of criminals shoved down their throats.
When they start releasing these inmates, I will be the first to fly to our state capital with a sign saying, "Welcome to the neighborhood." I hope Sacramento, where Kelso lives, gets a few thousand rapists, murderers, drug dealers and robbers dumped on their doorstep for Christmas.
-- Mike Hoevel, Camarillo