That can be addressed by giving people with modest means more resources, not by ramping up the punitiveness of the system.
I have no interest in speaking on behalf of "the progressives" but I stand by the contention that attempting to redress social ills through criminal law simply creates additional ills. This doesn't necessarily mean that "all notions of punishment" are "frowned upon."
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