Why We Must Reform Our Criminal Justice System

It first has to start with Mr. Citizen. Politicians write laws they see as popular and good for votes. As long as the vocal voters say they want "tough on crime" the politicians will respond then hold their hand out for your contribution and votes while pointing at the shiny new prison YOU just paid for.



Politicians are not educators they are responders. They fail to point out or even care that tough laws are not necessarily smart laws. We need to be SMART on crime to be effective and this means more focus on prevention and rehabilitation than on seeing how many we can cram in a cell like so many clowns in a phone booth. That increases the problem and does not contribute to public safety.



Probably 1/3 or more of our prison beds are filled with people who should never have gone there in the first place. Now they don't produce, they consume. When they come out no one wants to hire them and they can't pay for rent or food so go back to crime. What do we expect when we keep doing the same stupid things over and over? That is a classic definition of insanity...if it does not work the first few times...STOP DOING IT !
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