And to do so requires much more of course than language games; it means transforming laws, institutions, customs, education, labor relations.https://twitter.com/ChaseMadar/status/960959806705229824 …
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What would your ‘top 3’ starting places be for engaging such a complex and compounding system of retributive justice and entrenched institutions?
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Good question: Off top of my head: 1. Shift to a Portuguese style public health model for drugs 2. Sentencing reform 3. Get police and metal detectors out of schools 4. link county DA budgets to jail budgets 5. Adequate federal funding for public defender offices nationwide
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Great list! Help me understand what you mean by #4.
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Right now County DAs pay no cost for locking up tons of people as that cost is born by the state, not county; need to hardwire some incentives so counties have to pick up tab for the people they incarcerate
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Chase, I want to like this 473 times. Are you following @JonesWright4DA in the San Diego County DAs race? If not, I HIGHLY suggest putting it on your radar - progressive insurgent campaign striking back against a corruptly coronated incumbent
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“Distrust all those in whom the impulse to punish is strong.”
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