President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia.
Hell even that would be an improvement. I just don’t think prisons fit anywhere in the rehabilitation of prisoners and would rather see all nonviolent offenders released.
Ok I can agree on principle but in practice you unfortunately need to have alternative systems in place first to deal with the realities of the problem.
Take the guy I used to work with who went to prison for scamming old ladies out of money, if we don’t have mechanisms to deal with people like him then it won’t take long before everyone is demanding we bring back prisons
Hell even that would be an improvement. I just don’t think prisons fit anywhere in the rehabilitation of prisoners and would rather see all nonviolent offenders released.
Ok I can agree on principle but in practice you unfortunately need to have alternative systems in place first to deal with the realities of the problem.
Take the guy I used to work with who went to prison for scamming old ladies out of money, if we don’t have mechanisms to deal with people like him then it won’t take long before everyone is demanding we bring back prisons