Because of mandatory minimum sentences keeping people in jail for a long time. Just because that’s a bad policy doesn’t necessarily mean that sending people to jail at all is a bad idea.
Re:Train burglaries in LA
by eurasiantiger on Sunday January 16, 2022 @05:36PM
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Do you somehow think that creating a containment system works in solving crime? It alienates and breeds recidivism. We can’t lock everyone up for life.
California's incarceration rate is already double or triple that of Canada, Japan or Western Europe.