Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d...
by jstarfish on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @07:24PM
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> Hint: throwing drug USERS in jail, where they only get more underground connections and better learn to become a criminal, will start a cycle where they have to end up in jail again
What is: the most profitable outcome you can hope for when your prison system is privately owned?
Re:Nineteen people a week overdose in Richmond, dozens are d...
by icebraining on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @08:21PM
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The US prison system is not privately owned. Less than 20% of prisoners are in private jails.
Which is why cops should continue to focus on the violent distributors of drugs. But social workers and hospital workers should step up their responsibility and start treating drug abusers better.
Or perhaps, more programs need to be made so that hospital workers / social workers are paid to fix this drug problem.
Hint: throwing drug USERS in jail, where they only get more underground connections and better learn to become a criminal, will start a cycle where they have to end up in jail again. Jail is just about the worst place you can put a person.