[ashleyn]

The way I see this is, prison should not be taken lightly. The cavalier attitude of simply shoving addicts into prison glosses over the gravity of using this option.

There are appropriate use cases for prison, and violence in prison will be inevitable. The very least we can do is take that more seriously, and stop shoving addicts into the same place as violent murderers.

[cm2187]

But are you suggesting addicts can commit crimes to finance their addiction in impunity?

[hnracer]

> stop shoving addicts into the same place as violent murderers.

Isn't this already partly achieved by the delineation between low security & high security prisons, as well as delineations within the same prison complex (general population vs SHU)?