If statistics are bullshit I’m sure you’ll never refer to the below evidence. If you refuse to look at or listen to evidence unless it’s ideologically congenial

If statistics are bullshit I’m sure you’ll never refer to the below evidence. If you refuse to look at or listen to evidence unless it’s ideologically congenial you’re not a thinker, you’re a hack. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/reasonable-doubt-new-look-whether-prison-growth-cuts-crime https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/reasonable-doubt-new-l... > I estimate, that at typical policy margins in the United States today, decarceration has zero net impact on crime outside of prison. That estimate is uncertain, but at least as much evidence suggests that decarceration reduces crime as increases it. The crux of the matter is that tougher sentences hardly deter crime, and that while imprisoning people temporarily stops them from committing crime outside prison walls, it also tends to increase their criminality after release. As a result, “tough-on-crime” initiatives can reduce crime in the short run but cause offsetting harm in the long run.