1/ This is outrageous and unconstitutional. Jailing the poor when they can’t pay fines leads to https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/opinion/sessions-says-to-courts-go-ahead-jail-people-because-theyre-poor.html …
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According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide. In some states, it's as much as $60,000. Taxpayers foot the bill for feeding, housing and securing people in state and federal penitentiaries.
We should just provide people with places to live that aren't prisons. It would be cheaper and still employ people, just as maintenance and support staff rather than as guards.
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Community service is an excellent alternative. Let people ‘pay’ the fines on an hourly basis in a way that adds value to the community. You might call it indentured servitude, but it’s far better than debtors’ prison.
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Better yet why even that? What a person does in there own home shouldn't be a crime like smoking and drinking. As long as you aren't harming anyone why is it a crime? The only victim is you. We need alternatives to jail that focus on education, health, taxation, regulation.
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Unfortunately drugs fuel crime. Crime gives government an excuse to do a lot of things they otherwise would be prevented from doing.It keeps people afraid & keeps government big and powerful a lot of people are making a lot of money enforcing the laws & running the prisons.
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