Better idea: stop throwing people in prison for nonviolent, victimless crimes like possession of marijuana, etc.
Prisons should be used to prevent people from causing further damage to society, not for lack of a better punishment, assuming punishment is even appropriate in the first place.
This concerns me. Even if all the inmates released committed completely harmless crimes, dumping 10,000 people out of a prison and onto the streets is not going to turn out well.
Prisons should be used to prevent people from causing further damage to society, not for lack of a better punishment, assuming punishment is even appropriate in the first place.
This concerns me. Even if all the inmates released committed completely harmless crimes, dumping 10,000 people out of a prison and onto the streets is not going to turn out well.