First-time, non-violent criminals do not belong in prison.

[Rev. Rye]

But he’s one of those non-violent offenders. You want to fine him AND force him to move? Or maybe you want him to do his community service in any community but yours.

NIMBY

Boru

Edit: and just FYI, mass incarceration in the US is a fucking money machine. The benefits from all that slave labour greatly eclipses what it costs to feed and house those slaves, so your whinging about the national debt is immaterial.

Boru

Legalizing drugs would mean giving such legitimacy, which means that a crack dealer could rent space right next to the neighborhood laundromat, probably making more money.

And if they were legalized, legit sellers will likely price the old dealers out of the market. Who needs to rely on the cartels when you can just get it at the store, in the same parts of the store as booze and tobacco (or maybe behind the counter at a pharmacy)? And if they’re legalized, as opposed to decriminalized, legally regulated buying and selling is more likely than the old coke dealer just setting up shop next to the laundromat.