The shoe doesn't fit the foot. A year of someone's precious life in exchange for doing drugs or selling their body is cruel and disproportionate. We have to rem

The shoe doesn't fit the foot. A year of someone's precious life in exchange for doing drugs or selling their body is cruel and disproportionate. We have to remember that prisons are expensive and dehumanizing, and ex-prisoners in the US become repeat offenders almost as much as they become reformed. It's not a magical cure for society's ills.