Treatment, Not Prison, for ‘Cat Woman’
“She’s not all there,” a city animal regulation officer gratuitously observed (“Woman Who Hoarded Cats Sentenced to Prison Term,” Jan. 13) when a “cat woman” was sentenced to two years in state prison for parole violation relating to animal care and fraud.
If the officer’s callous remark is true, this disturbed woman should not be treated as a criminal but as a sick person, as in other countries.
Years of costly imprisonment will not help her.
Treatment has proved it can.
PATRICK COONEY
Sun Valley
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