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decarceration, even for repeat violent criminals and no penalties for property crime.
by throwaway_dcnt 5y ago
decarceration, even for repeat violent criminals and no penalties for property crime.
- Clewza313 5y agoCalifornia already incarcerates 5x more people than any European country, and 10x more than the Nordics: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/CA.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/CA.html There are many, many problems in CA, but putting more people in jail is not going to solve any of them.
- throw1123581321 5y ago> California already incarcerates 5x more people than any European country, and 10x more than the Nordics Well, most European and Nordic countries don't have 13% of the population committing 52% of the violent crime. So this is kind of an unfair comparison.
- Clewza313 5y agoWhy? Immigrants, various ethnic and social minorities, and repeat offenders are overrepresented in Europe's crime stats as well. If anything, Europe tends to have much shorter sentences, so reoffenders can commit more crimes.
- ggreer 5y agoIsn’t our crime 5x more? The only way to get the same incarceration rate would be to imprison criminals 1/5th as much as Europeans do.
- Clewza313 5y agoOr, you know, fix problems earlier down the line so you don't get 5x more crime.
- asdff 5y agoI think the biggest disparity is the lack of any meaningful mental health or addiction treatment, and the law allows people who are out of their mind to refuse treatment and die on the street.