I just returned from Rikers Island where a group of elected officials exercised our legal right to inspect correctional facilities. What I witnessed was a humanitarian crisis. A horror house of abuse and neglect. I'll share more soon but for now my message is simple: decarcerate.
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Replying to @EmilyAssembly @junebugstreet
Hard to get away from the "lock 'em up and throw away the" attitude that so much of the public has.
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I have family and friends who work in law enforcement and some of the stories I've heard is exactly the punishment that should be handed down. When society prioritizes the criminals over victims we're never going to fix the problem.
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Replying to @LeeLeeJay26 @granitevoter and
Jail should be for VIOLENT offenders only. Drugs, shoplifting, ‘resisting arrest’ do not count. And eliminate cash bail so poor innocent folks don’t rot in jail. I’m proud of our progressive DA in San Francisco, #ChesaBoudin
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Biological Sciences degree, so I DO believe in science and in life elsewhere.