>>"They provide food, clothing, shelter and medical care to millions and millions of people who would otherwise be out in the cold" That's one way of looking a

>>"They provide food, clothing, shelter and medical care to millions and millions of people who would otherwise be out in the cold" That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that they entrap many people who don't deserve to be there and would be productive members of society if it weren't for some ridiculous punishment on a nonsensical law. I think it's unreasonable to believe that even half the people in an American prison would be homeless without it.