As our country comes to terms with the damage caused by our excessive reliance on punishment as a response to crime, the use of the criminal law to sustain racial hierarchies, and the ways the justice system has undermined our democracy and weakened communities,
Generally good, but under circumstances where there is general lawlessness and little incentive to obey the law themselves also become criminals. You can address most of that problem by locking up that very small group of very antisocial ppl and throwing away the key.
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I even put the summary in tweet form for you. This is a well-studied issue. The US has 25% of the entire world's prison population. We're far from locking up a small group. If more prisoners meant less crime we'd of been there long time ago. Many many lives needlessly destroyed.
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Most ppl in prison are there for serious crimes, most are guilty. The US is also unique in having the 1st world state capacity to pros & lock up large numbers of people & a small minority (tho still large in absolute numbers) who are inclined to commit crime at a 3rd world level
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