BY: DWAYNE
The argument I read about in this scholarly article
was stating how we should rethink the way we classify and handle property and
drug crimes in our criminal justice system.
From my research I do believe it is right to at
least think of better ways to handle property and drug crimes because Policies
like this cost taxpayers dearly. They also harm public safety because they
place many petty criminals in prison cells with hardened criminals for lengthy
periods of time. The average cost to house one inmate for a year is $30,619.85,
that’s three times the amount to tax payers would pay for a child to attend
public schools. I think this argument about rethinking petty crime laws is very
valid the punishment should fit the crime because the longer people stay in
jail the more money it cost tax payers, and with the amount of debt we in, it
can be a starting platform to lower that debt crisis.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435556/criminal-justice-reform-facts
I agree with you, they should not have to spend most of their lives in jail, when other people are committing worse crimes. This is related to my substance abuse class because we learned about how people who are addicted to drugs, which is legally a disease, are being locked in jail. Do you think it is because jail is really a business? Or made for the well- being of humans?
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