A county in rural Tennessee started a program that offers inmates who get a vasectomy or insert a contraceptive device into their body with a reduced jail time sentence, NewsChannel 5 reports.
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Tennessee jails have been shortening sentences for inmates who get vasectomies or birth control implants
Inmates in Tennessee can get up to 30 days cut from their jail time — on the condition that they agree to get a vasectomy or a birth control implant.
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The program has been called into question both by local district attorneys and the ACLU.
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