By: appsdemujer

appsdemujer
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 04:55:01 +0000

95% of all incarcerated individuals are going to return to their communities. It matters in what condition they return. I''ve been involved a little in advocating prison reform, especially sentencing reform and elimination of mandatory minimum sentences, and that was the main thing I took away from it. I want to see fewer people in prison in the first place for non-violent or drug-related offenses. And I want to see training and work opportunities expanded where possible, which would probably be easier to afford without having to incarcerate so many people when other options are available. But prison reform advocates are never going to convince the general public to pay prisoners comparable wages to non-incarcerated workers. It sounds lovely in theory, but especially in places where the economy isn''t roaring, folks would be livid. You gotta sell it to the people to make it a policy.