We prosecute property crimes every day. For better or worse. And it's far more humane and less expensive to pay restitution than it is to send people to our failed, massively expensive and criminogenic prisons.https://twitter.com/bay_snark/status/1274737205299122178 …
As true as it may be, in this context it is just an excuse, not a solution. The things that lead to crime are family, education, and jobs. None of which are solved by ignoring the resulting criminal activity that occurs at the end of the line, after all those things are ignored.