Plans to let 28,000 prisoners vote

[Rudy]

It is also referred to as the Lie Detector test.

Within the US federal government, a polygraph examination is also referred to as a psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) examination.

Polygraphs are in some countries used as an interrogation tool with criminal suspects or candidates for sensitive public or private sector employment. The use and effectiveness of the polygraph is controversial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph

Some examples of questions that could be used for former drug users are:

Do you plan on dealing illegal drugs when you are released?
Do you plan on stealing to support your drug habit?
Do you plan on using violence to obtain illegal drugs?

[Loddfafner]

It is also referred to as the Lie Detector test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph

Some examples of questions that could be used for former drug users are:

Do you plan on dealing illegal drugs when you are released?
Do you plan on stealing to support your drug habit?
Do you plan on using violence to obtain illegal drugs?

Lie detector tests are not very effective. Anyways, many prisoners plan on straightening up when they get out. The problem is that once faced with the problems of the unemployability of ex-cons, and of despair after they find out just how far they have drifted apart from their old girlfriends, they tend to fall back into their old habits. They don't plan on it, but it is what they know.

[Beorn]

It is also referred to as the Lie Detector test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph

Sorry, I perhaps didn't phrase my question clearly enough, but I know what a Polygraph test is and entails, but was more interested as to why you would want to ensure released convicts underwent a test.

[Rudy]

I would not want people to be released until they have been reformed. There is no point in releasing a monster back into society. Charles Manson is a good example of someone that does not want to be part of society. Therefore, his sentence should be indefinite. On the other hand, I do not think they should be tortured while being reformed.

Also, testing for people that want to regain gun rights.

[SwordoftheVistula]

I don't think that is something you can really test for. Most people in jail are there because they lack proper impulse control, common sense, or both. I don't think many of them sit around in the jail cell all day thinking "man, I can't wait to get out and stab my girlfriend 30 times again"