re: America/LA Prison Population. Explain these numbers in as non-partisan way as possible

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As someone who works within the system, until we move away from incarceration to more rehabilitation for drug users the rates will remain as they are.

To be clear I’m not advocating taking it easy on violent crimes or the dealers, but we incarcerate way to many people who are simply addicted and then we put them in a place where it is easier to get drugs than on the street (their words not mine). They get out and then the cycle repeats.

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