"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 …
Yet as our epidemiologists emphasize that reality is much less dangerous to all of our lives than our overcrowded mass incarceration system.
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The epidemiologists are only calculating the health risk. That’s one side of the equation. To understand relative risks, we need both sides of the equation. Can you point to any evidence regarding risks related to decarceration without alternative, diversion programs in place?
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Sure given that we have 5% of the population and 25% of the prisoners, all other first world countries are examples that we can safely have less mass incarceration.
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