SF Residents: Can we do something about all this crime? SF Leaders: Poverty causes crime. SF Residents: Ok… can we do something about all this poverty? SF Leaders: How about allowing crime?
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It costs $81K/yr to house a single inmate for a year. How do you propose we pay to incarcerate crimes of poverty such as shoplifting? That's just for facilities. The costs for enforcement would be in addition to that.
First of all, how is shoplifting a “crime of poverty?” Are you suggesting there’s nowhere else in this “compassionate” city for people on poverty to get food and other essential items they need?
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Also, I’m not suggesting we lock up shoplifters. I’m suggesting we don’t allow them to leave businesses with stolen goods. Then, if they really need something, we can redirect them to services which the city now spends more than a billion dollars a year on.
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Think bigger. The choice doesn’t have to be between inhumane incarceration and theft free-for-all.
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