I was raised in a high crime area, went to 90% bipoc public schools. People were more scared of rats than a guy with a gun. They would want to fight 10 people, but would run if they thought there was a ghost. Scared of dying in a COVID infested prisons may be a good deterrent.
Our systems ineffectiveness at basic requirements of justice like these is why the whole system needs fundamental restructuring. We obviously need a effective response, and our mass incarceration system is obviously not one.
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Versus reinventing the wheel, if you could pick one country where we fully adopt every single criminal practice, which would it be? How would they handle: 1. Fentanyl dealing illegal hondos 2. 15 X car theft in 12 months 3. CVS brazen shoplifting 4. Cyclist running red lights
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Despite using incarceration in a much more limited fashion europe and countries worldwide have recognized the existential threats posed by pandemic raging in mass incarceration system, and released prisoners, who they might have otherwise held.https://www.courthousenews.com/europe-released-128000-prisoners-to-prevent-virus-outbreaks/ …
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