Too many of them. Not enough jail space. Find a place where they are out of sight, out of mind. More room in the jails.
I’d offer them farmland in Siberia. The Chicoms would never think of invading.
“Not enough jail space.”
It is possible to have penalty time rooms where offenders could have to stay for say 100 hours total within 30 days for say a shoplifting incident, or spend eight hours in jail for every hour they don’t, with hours spent in the 168 hours after arrest counting double, hours spent in the second week counting 150 percent, etc.
This system would cut costs by removing the need for most trials, public defenders and jail medical care. It would also allow offenders to retain their legitimate jobs.