It makes sense to pay people to stay out of trouble.
Conservatives who complain its free-loading, forget we’re already paying criminals to stay away from society. Its called prison.
And that’s probably cheaper than having them steal. Society and future victims come out far ahead by all the crimes not committed.
We save on cops, prosecutors, courts and prison correctional staffs, all of which cost us big sums of money.
Scarce prison space should be reserved for the truly dangerous and incorrigible.
We can pay them 50-60,000 a year and save taxpayer money