"In fact, scientists have found no evidence for the chastening effect. Prisons may exacerbate recidivism. Research has found evidence that prison can exacerbate, not reduce, recidivism. Prisons themselves may be schools for learning to commit crimes."https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence …
Our own laws confiscating property where users gather and drug use and sales take place has uniquely created the outdoor open air drug markets we have in San Francisco, but our brutal violent police state certainly doesn't help, we would like drugs users off the street, let them.
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No, what has created the open air markets, are that police have been told to stand down and not make arrests for brazenly breaking the law in broad daylight. Get users into treatment centers, dealers off the streets. Simple.
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Criminalizing more people isn't going to prevent crime. Society has to improve the social conditions that produce poverty. That is the basis for most criminal behavior. There are legislative solutions for that, but as I said before, it's beyond the scope of what a DA can do.
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Yes we need to stop racial injustice propagated by law enforcement. Drug policy is particularly fraught in this area. But we also can’t hide behind social justice while the streets become un-walkable. We need to find the right balance. 1/
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We cannot hide behind statistics boards when simple neighborhood walks reveal contradicting facts. 2/
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