My argument is not that prison is the best solution nor an effective one. I'm arguing it's better than our 2020 COVID-safe approach: "we will yell about masks and impose quarantines but will ignore everything else, including vehicle theft, car break-ins and stayaway orders"
its uncomfortable like the rest of pandemic but that doesn't answer the question.
Ok, but the doctors, are telling @chesaboudin that for our city to hold any more than 600 people is unsafe and will lead to a great risk of society wide corona infection.
Which ones would you hold?
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600 isn't an absolute line - it's not as though the number 600 magically represents safety. We should try to get as close to 600 as possible but our community is already dealing with COVID we shouldn't add inmates we don't have a baseline level of confidence can follow the law.
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You're right, we would be safer if it was even lower, 600 represents the ceiling and we need to release many more than the 235 we are discussing. However, in this land of mass incarceration, no one follows the law.https://ips-dc.org/three-felonies-day/ …
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