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Somewhat simplistic sub with bad example. Our country is large, not homogeneous, has lots of guns, and lots of addiction issues ... so we're going to have more crime than many other countries. We need to separate the criminal types (drug criminals, violent criminals, "other" criminals) and house / rehabilitate them separately. Law abiding citizens deserve protections and non-law abiding citizens deserve consequences commensurate with their crimes ... but they should not suffer undue punishment in incarceration (eg; drug addict vs. violent criminal). I live in Oregon and drug decriminalization (I supported) and lax law enforcement (less jailing) has led to a general lawlessness that is getting out of control. Folks are booked / released and committing crime after crime. Folks might be arrested for 6 or 8 real crimes before they even spend a night in jail. It's not working. Oregon is a good example of the pendulum swinging too far, and it's swinging back ... hopefully to a better position.