They don't deter crimes like theft and gang as much as actual thriving wages and possibly for advancement do. But I reckon they might deter crimes such as falsi

They don't deter crimes like theft and gang as much as actual thriving wages and possibly for advancement do. But I reckon they might deter crimes such as falsifying evidence or burying hundreds of people in a mass grave behind your work building, if the people doing those crimes actually did go to jail. Wage theft is another crime we should try jails for, those are not people struggling to make ends meet.