As @chesaboudin notes, there have been extremely low recidivism rates for people released early from San Francisco jails.
That's data--not anecdote. And that's how we should be making policy. To protect public health, we can & should release people who pose minimal threat. /2
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And as I note, the upside here--the reason for targeted release--is that "people never get sick, and never die. That kind of stuff just doesn’t make headlines: you never see a headline about someone continuing to be healthy, or staying alive.” But it's important. /3
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Nobody will ever get headline credit for stopping the spread of COVID-19 in a jail--and preventing it from spreading to corrections officers and into the community. But it might mean that you, or a loved one, are alive & well next Christmas morning. /4
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These are the decisions leaders should be making. We must prevent sickness & death from occurring. Even if *preventing* the spread of disease means nobody will ever give you credit. Now more than ever, we need a justice system based on data & science, not anecdote. /fin.
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