[srveale]

Why not just incarcerate everyone between the age of 15-27, if what we're worried about is crime rate.

[dmitrygr]

Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals? We only need to incarcerate repeat violent offenders to reduce crime noticeably. This is not controversial. The data is linked-to above.

[srveale]

> Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals

Oh so you do believe in justice

[inigyou]

If we incarcerated everyone, it would be even lower.

[dmitrygr]

Reductio ad absurdum