"We cannot forget that even when this state was at its highest levels of incarceration, tragedies still occurred. We cannot revert to thinking that the solution to any problem is more incarceration . . . when those policies do not make us safer."https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Don-t-use-S-F-tragedy-to-justify-return-to-15869071.php …
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Reform is needed. But, there’s no doubt, incarceration makes us safer UNLESS / UNTIL effective alternative programs are in place. You cannot simply set criminals free, knowing the alternative programs are missing / broken, and pretend you’re not putting the public at risk.
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Replying to @jnperri @chesaboudin
Our epidemiologists tell us that incarcerating people in our mass incarceration system is of greater risk than allowing them to go free. And have specified that
@chesaboudin should release another 27%pic.twitter.com/qVakwpdW9W
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Replying to @netfire4 @chesaboudin
No question. By releasing criminals from prison, we are reducing the risks of covid. But, in exchange, we are increasing the risks of being robbed, assaulted, and murdered. So, I’m not so sure epidemiological risk should be the primary measure here.
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Replying to @MelanieKP1 @jnperri and
right, but what if there is no treatment plan? That part of the system is broken as well.
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