[brandonmenc]

Then we need to make it work their time by bringing back broken windows policing.

[2ndorderthought]

Or solve the problem by addressing the root causes of crime like other societies do. The American prison industrial complex is not a cure for a sick society. It's a profitable black hole that encourages recidivism at the expense of tax payers.

[brandonmenc]

There is a reasonable middle ground between tossing everyone in the hole and letting petty crime run rampant.

[2ndorderthought]

Yes and we are way too far over the line for tossing people into the hole currently.