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America Has an UNDER Incarceration Problem
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:45 pm
Pedro Gonzalez: If anything, America has an under-incarceration problem
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Most of what Americans have been told about mass incarceration is untrue, or takes half-truths and tortures them into whole lies.
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Twenty percent of convicted murderers, and nearly 60 percent of those convicted for rape or sexual assault, serve less than five years of their sentences.
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In Illinois, a study found that of those arrested for homicides or shootings in Chicago in 2015 and 2016, about ’90 percent had at least one prior arrest, approximately 50 percent had a prior arrest for a violent crime specifically, and almost 40 percent had a prior gun arrest.’ Of this number, nearly 36 percent were ‘on parole or probation’ at the time of the alleged crime.
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Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:49 pm to AlwysATgr
For years I've said we need more prisons, not fewer. How many times do we hear of some heinous crime which was committed by someone with a lengthy RAP sheet?
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:51 pm to AlwysATgr
Remember when their excuse was “we’re overpopulated?” Yea they’ve just dropped that entire sham now and calling for ending prisons altogether. Same old same old
This post was edited on 9/12/20 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:52 pm to AlwysATgr
Correct
If all Democrats were incarcerated, not only the US but the entire world, would be a better place!
If all Democrats were incarcerated, not only the US but the entire world, would be a better place!
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:53 pm to AlwysATgr
No one has issues with violent offenders being in jail with long sentences and little possibility of parole.
Start letting out the drug users and jaywalkers and make more room for the rapists, bankers, and politicians.
Legalize all drugs.
Dismantle the punitive administrative state at all levels - municipal, state, and federal.
Abolish private prisons.
Put in place a civilian review board, pulled from the state jury pool, to audit the actions of state prosecutors in conjunction with DOJ envoys.
Start letting out the drug users and jaywalkers and make more room for the rapists, bankers, and politicians.
Legalize all drugs.
Dismantle the punitive administrative state at all levels - municipal, state, and federal.
Abolish private prisons.
Put in place a civilian review board, pulled from the state jury pool, to audit the actions of state prosecutors in conjunction with DOJ envoys.
This post was edited on 9/12/20 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:53 pm to AlwysATgr
yep, and Antarctica is just sittin down there going to waste.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 6:54 pm to AlwysATgr
I will respectfully disagree.
We incarcerate just fine
I promise you if we put more of them in the ground, there’d be less repeat offenders & crime would go down.
There’s very little deterrent to being a criminal.
We incarcerate just fine
I promise you if we put more of them in the ground, there’d be less repeat offenders & crime would go down.
There’s very little deterrent to being a criminal.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:01 pm to AlwysATgr
Let's hope Chicago isn't the baseline to which we compare the rest of the country. That joint's a bit of an outlier in a reeaal bad way.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:06 pm to Muthsera
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No one has issues with violent offenders being in jail with long sentences and little possibility of parole.
You’re an idiot if you believe this.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:06 pm to davyjones
The waiting list on death row is too long. Need more dead man walking.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:12 pm to AlwysATgr
Watch out. The pro weed lobby will be here to tell you how wrong you are... Nevermind the fact that drug dealers are more likely to involved in violent crimes than the average criminal.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:16 pm to AlwysATgr
Well, we incarcerate more people per capita than any other nation, so this is completely false.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:19 pm to Muthsera
quote:Where are those?
Start letting out the drug users and jaywalkers and make more room for the
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:21 pm to BamaCoaster
quote:How does this disprove the OP? Are there not violent felons on the street committing crimes everyday?
Well, we incarcerate more people per capita than any other nation, so this is completely false
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:22 pm to AlwysATgr
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UNDER Incarceration Problem
I'd believe it if we had harsher punishments.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:26 pm to Jake88
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For years I've said we need more prisons, not fewer
No, we need more hangmen.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:29 pm to AlwysATgr
Legalize marijuana so there is more room for Violent offenders.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:29 pm to Jake88
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How does this disprove the OP? Are there not violent felons on the street committing crimes everyday?
It's not just about the people sitting in prison, it's about allocating resources properly in law enforcement and prosecution. Law enforcement agencies and those in prosecutor's offices around the country are as concerned with revenue raising as they are with solving and stopping violent crimes. A crackhead killing or raping someone doesn't raise revenue. Seizing assets from a mid-level drug dealer or a white collar criminal does.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:31 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
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Legalize marijuana so there is more room for Violent offenders.
The amount of people who are in prison solely for marijuana possession (or even trafficking) is absolutely infinitesimal - unless they were sentenced decades ago. Nearly all of them plead to that charge in exchange for others being dropped.
Posted on 9/12/20 at 7:45 pm to AlwysATgr
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