fall back on committing crimes in order to survive out on the streets. Another way to save money is to stop incarcerating innocent people for 20, 30,40 years and that ends up costing the states millions of dollars all because someone needs a conviction at any cost. When you don't
out so far. The worst pieces of legislation ever passed are mandatory minimums for drug offenses and three strikes law because it has only led to mass incarceration and the overcrowding of the prison system. The 3 strikes law should only apply to violent offenders such as rapists
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child molesters, and people who use a gun when committing their crimes. It shouldn't apply to non violent offenders at all. We wouldn't even have to pass laws like that if they would put the focus back on rehabilitation instead of punishment like the penal system was originally
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set up to be geared towards but once politicians seen the amount of money that can be made off of what amounts to legal slavery, that just fueled them to pass more laws aimed at incarcerating the poor and minorities and if there is no truth in that statement then explain to me
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