Harsh? It’s a useless, knee jerk, response designed to excuse people from thinking about alternatives. Other countries seem to manage with a vanishingly smalle

Harsh? It’s a useless, knee jerk, response designed to excuse people from thinking about alternatives. Other countries seem to manage with a vanishingly smaller percentage of prisoners and without the dehumanization the US routinely employs. So yes, maybe try ending it; it’s not clear the other extreme is any worse and it’s certainly cheaper. One of those “just build permanent houses” moments.