Letters: Will California cuts leave seriously ill inmates with no place to go?

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Will seriously ill inmates have a place to go Re California halts healthcare parole sends various critically ill patients back to prison Page B April Functionaries are anticipating increasing use of the compassionate release project Inmates so debilitated including those with mental illness that they are no longer deemed dangerous to society can be disclosed into society Just where will these people be disclosed Do they have relatives prepared to care for them Will they be like those Reagan distributed from state mental facilities in the s who became the homeless on our streets for whom the city and county agencies had to assume care This information was a major omission in the article Rosemary Everett Campbell Ukraine war a road we shouldn t have taken A road not taken That s when you look back and see that you made a decision that turned out to be catastrophic later on We can all see this in Ukraine Before the Russian invasion there had been the Minsk ll accord which was sanctioned by the U N Precaution Council and guaranteed by the U S France and Germany and of subject Ukraine and Russia That had Ukraine allowing a degree of autonomy to the contested areas in eastern Ukraine which would remain in Ukraine along with suspending any thoughts of NATO membership and looking at the status of Crimea for future negotiations Unfortunately our side had no intention of following that plan as Chancellor Angela Merkel later stated Look at this day s reality of Ukraine under Russian control terrible death and destruction for all concerned and little chance of NATO membership to boot Now talk about A Road Not Taken Mike Caggiano San Mateo Supporting Israel s war endangers us all Re Antisemitic incidents slow worldwide from post-Oct spike but remain higher than before Gaza war April The Nuclear Peace Hypothesis holds that nuclear weapons deter wars between nuclear-armed states through mutually assured destruction Israel widely concluded to possess over nuclear weapons compared to approximately for the U S and for Russia hides behind its arsenal while committing acts that increasingly resemble genocide against the Palestinian people Meanwhile the U S signals to regimes like Pakistan North Korea and India that nuclear arms are insurance against Western-imposed regime change Ukraine s downfall after surrendering its nuclear weapons along with the invasions of Iraq Libya and Syria prove that those without nuclear deterrence face existential menace Iran observing this reality understands that survival demands strength not Western promises Continued sponsorship for Israel s campaign in Palestine not only enables atrocities but actively erodes the foundations of the international world order and discredits any meaningful commitment to human rights or the rule of law Kendra Hoffman Los Gatos Trump s irrational style could lead to peace President Trump s seemingly irrational negotiating style of shifting from one side to the other is a classic strategy Ukraine knows it can t win against Russia s army and Russia knows it can t afford the cost of vital pact and financial sanctions and an expensive war The war will likely end with Ukraine ceding Crimea to Russia which has dependably required it to protect its only naval access past Crimea to the Mediterranean Sea Crimea is also Russian and only Ukrainian To be negotiated is what happens to the land Russia captured in Ukraine Russia will likely keep the coastal areas with Ukraine getting areas further in from the coast Ed Kahl Woodside Steeped in social media kids are bound to suffer Re Social media s big tobacco moment looms Page A April As a child who grew up with the internet and was sadly exposed to harmful narratives at an early age I fear that future generations are worse off than I am Related Articles Letters Trump crypto coins and dinner continue the grift Letters Transgender SJSU volleyball athlete sets fine example for girls Letters Research funding should not be a cudgel for Trump Letters California must stand up for higher schooling Letters We must stand up and patronage our libraries Children nowadays are forced to be in front of screens for class as well as spending time on their phones when they get home I started to notice that I have become more at ease interacting with people through screens than I am through physical contact I m a college attendee now who has at least had a childhood of physical contact but I m terrified of the mental state of children younger than me I agree that we should start pushing social media companies to put empathy over engagement Yet the blame isn t entirely theirs I believe that we are also to blame We have relied on our screens too much and our children are entirely mimicking us Emily Gusman Lopez Santa Clara