Good reporting. The revolving door problem is particularly acute here in Charlotte, where a self-proclaimed ‘jail abolitionist’ has just effectively been elected to the bench.
I’m in CLT, and I agree it was a good article. However, I do agree with the jail abolitionist on our courts. Our crime rate in CLT was reduced by 24% last year, and it’s not our LEOs, who have changed. It’s the courts, so I will continue to support the jail abolitionist.
At some point, we all have to face the consequences of giving corporations/ billionaires tax breaks, credits and government contracts, while they are allowed to steal wages, healthcare and retirement from workers. Crime is that consequence. Another contributing factor is NC’s pipeline from foster care to prison, where 1/5 of former foster care participants end up in jail, and this percentage is rising. To add insult to injury, our state/county prison system ignores mental health issues, partially due to a lack of community services, because of corporations and billionaires not paying their fair share. There is zero rehabilitation taking place in prisons. Of course, we have recidivism. We are still prioritizing billionaires and corporations, over our citizens. At some point, society will have to right itself, and force ethical behavior from business leaders and the wealthy or accept the rampant crime, that will inevitably follow.
Being a jail abolitionist isn’t a bad thing, especially when these judges are looking at the whole person and finding them alternative resources for rehabilitation. If we want criminals to stop reoffending, we can’t continue to do the same things, and expect them to change. We have to think outside the box(prison), and fix our broken system.
Good reporting. The revolving door problem is particularly acute here in Charlotte, where a self-proclaimed ‘jail abolitionist’ has just effectively been elected to the bench.
I’m in CLT, and I agree it was a good article. However, I do agree with the jail abolitionist on our courts. Our crime rate in CLT was reduced by 24% last year, and it’s not our LEOs, who have changed. It’s the courts, so I will continue to support the jail abolitionist.
At some point, we all have to face the consequences of giving corporations/ billionaires tax breaks, credits and government contracts, while they are allowed to steal wages, healthcare and retirement from workers. Crime is that consequence. Another contributing factor is NC’s pipeline from foster care to prison, where 1/5 of former foster care participants end up in jail, and this percentage is rising. To add insult to injury, our state/county prison system ignores mental health issues, partially due to a lack of community services, because of corporations and billionaires not paying their fair share. There is zero rehabilitation taking place in prisons. Of course, we have recidivism. We are still prioritizing billionaires and corporations, over our citizens. At some point, society will have to right itself, and force ethical behavior from business leaders and the wealthy or accept the rampant crime, that will inevitably follow.
Being a jail abolitionist isn’t a bad thing, especially when these judges are looking at the whole person and finding them alternative resources for rehabilitation. If we want criminals to stop reoffending, we can’t continue to do the same things, and expect them to change. We have to think outside the box(prison), and fix our broken system.