The U.S. has a higher percentage of its population incarcerated than any other country in the world. How could anyone in the U.S. be concerned about our jails "emptying out?"
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Gov. Moonbeam just release a whole bunch of prison inmates.
He’d release them all if and when he could.
Think that’s improbable?
Let me remind you that in the early 70’s the left dumped virtually all the inmates of mental institutions onto our streets. It was viewed as an act of kindness...
DOJ: 26% of Federal Prisoners Are Aliens
https://cis.org/Huennekens/DOJ-26-Federal-Prisoners-Are-Aliens
According to the Vera Institute of Justice, incarceration costs an average of more than $31,000 per inmate, per year, nationwide. In some states, it’s as much as $60,000. Taxpayers foot the bill for feeding, housing and securing people in state and federal penitentiaries.
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/05/15/world/how-much-does-it-cost-send-someone-prison
We surveyed undocumented persons presenting at our emergency department to investigate the reasons why they sought care in the United States. Overall, 227 visits (8.6%) were made in the emergency department by illegal immigrants, mostly Hispanics. Of 104 patients surveyed, all sought care in this country because they were here at the time, and 86 (83%) intended to remain permanently. Of the 104 persons, 83 (80%) cited lack of funding as a reason for seeking emergency department care. Undocumented Hispanics had a higher uninsured rate (64%) than both Hispanics (32%) and non-Hispanics (30%). Of the 104 patients, 38 (36%) had difficulty obtaining care elsewhere because of their status, 53 (51%) knew of no other sources of care, and 46 (44%) said that even if available, only the emergency department was acceptable. Many undocumented persons seek care in the United States because they reside here permanently, often using this emergency department as their source of care.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1303412/