Tatum Bralley

A Letter to Sun City Residents:

Following the previous November 2018 voting for education budget increases in Peoria,

AZ being rejected, the community has decided to propose a new deal for education reform in our

city. Rather than raise our taxes to give more funding to schools, we decided to utilize inmates

from jails in Phoenix to teach our children. This way the cost of labor has been shot through the

ground and our taxes will decrease. We propose this to be an excellent idea regarding the street

knowledge of our students and their education of reality.

Currently in the state of Arizona, there are approximately 48,000 teachers and

approximately 42,000 male and female inmates; meaning we could replace every teacher with an

inmate except 6,000. To improve the gap between the number of inmates and the necessary

teachers, we plan to fill each classroom to maximum capacity to create space for a higher ratio of

student to teacher. With this plan, the community would have the availability and option to tear

down a few of the schools to create space for more internship opportunities for high school

students. Think of it this way: free workers that are learning life skills; FREE WORKERS. This

system can decrease the unemployment rate in our economy as well!

The prison in Phoenix would like to convert our schools into completely gated facilities

with space for live in inmates to be available at all times. The latest updated blueprints would

replace each school gym with inmate bunkbeds and bathrooms as their living facility. Why spend

more money for sports and arts when they cost so much? The district plans to eliminate each of

the extracurricular programs and replace them with more school instruction time. We have also
met with the superintendent to discuss the possibility of eliminating all of the expensive updated

technological advances used in our education facilities, this would provide excess money for

purchasing used, cheaper books that are at minimum a decade old. We do not want our students

to comprehend what our community has done in our personal financial benefits. Their young

minds are so naïve that they do not understand the modern world as it is today; they do not have

enough experience to grasp the decisions being made.

Another program we plan to introduce onto our next ballot is the incorporation of jail

inmates into many service careers other than teaching, i.e. senior care homes, child care, and

police. By doing so, we allow our local inmates to become servants of society and create a

positive environment for their success. We would give each of the inmates the opportunity to

renew themselves from their charges; such as putting a child molester in a daycare or a rapist

responsible for the care of senior living clients. By replacing current certified workers with

cheaper labor, we could become extremely wealthy with our tax savings. The average certified

nursing assistant in a nursing home costs the facility over $29,000! Quality care cannot be that

hard to learn; the skills include giving a shower and wiping a butt. How hard can that be? Child

care just needs someone in the presence of a child to be considered qualified. Do you know how

to pick a thing up? What about wipe a butt? Of course you do! Each human being does these

every day. Again, not hard to grasp. Our big money saver is in mind is the replacement of police

officers with our inmates; these so called criminals would become helpful to society by

eliminating the problem alone. By being in charge of the consequences of crime, we can

extinguish all these people in jail for petty crimes. The inmates will be deciding how the

punishment fits the crime.

 To Sun City: consider all the money you will save by not paying above minimum wage

for certified individuals to be in these positions. Our Phoenix prison inmates can learn their

lesson in responsibility and our public servants can pursue careers that actually matter to society.

It’s a win win for everyone!

These modifications would save taxpayers approximately up to $200 million each year if

put into play by 2020! Why deny having more money in our pockets? It’s not like students of

today make a difference tomorrow.