We did a snapshot sampling of folks in our jail. Of 94 inmates that day, 84 had been previously incarcerated. Looking at their records, the 84 accounted for more than 500 incarcerations in the past decade. Of those 84, all had relatives that were also incarcerated.
Given this information, the shear costs of this criminal behavior to the individual, families and community, coupled with the intergenerational nature of the behavior, what would some alternatives be to simple incarceration to stop recidivism and keep other family members from the same culture? The current methods are not working folks and they are bankrupting the state and local governments. Also, these are very often the same families that are involved with CPS.
And they vote hypocrat about 1137% of the time. ALong with their dead relatives and pets.