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Wow, Missouri's setup with this sounds awful! Unlike Ohio, which only has some mostly short stay jails that charge, Missouri charges statewide, and for prison,

Wow, Missouri's setup with this sounds awful! Unlike Ohio, which only has some mostly short stay jails that charge, Missouri charges statewide, and for prison, which averages six months to two years for an exiting inmate. Unbelievable! https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/may/5/missouri-prisoners-vexed-bills-incarceration-costs/ https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/may/5/missouri-pri... (As to firing LEO's, I think the research shows that there is a pretty clear correlation between more officers and less crime. So I'm not with you on that one.)

jessaustin 8y ago
I haven't seen any of that research. Overall crime levels are correlated mostly with demographics. A good case has also been made that the prevalence of lead in childhood environments is a leading indicator of crime, but that is also a mostly demographic observation. Incidentally, if you're looking at violent crime at the state level to convince yourself that overpolicing is not a problem, you're missing out on the fact that St. Louis has the highest murder rate in the nation, and #13 in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate