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Should non-violent prisoners be released from jail in order to reduce overcrowding?

Prison overcrowding is a social phenomenon occurring when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners. The First Step Act of 2018 passed overwhelmingly in both houses of Congress and was signed by President Trump. Within the first year of enactment, more than 3,000 federal prisoners were released based on changes to the good-time credits calculation formula under the First Step Act, and more than 2,000 inmates benefited from sentence reductions.

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Response rates from 517 Chandler voters.

68%
Yes
32%
No
43%
Yes
23%
No
14%
Yes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis
8%
No, but we should increase funding to offer education and skill building services for prisoners
11%
Yes, but place them under house arrest using an electronic bracelet
1%
No, we should build more prisons
0%
No, transfer them to under crowded prisons instead

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 @8MKKM75 from Louisiana  answered…4yrs4Y

depending of what said prisoner was convicted for, like drug possession, or self defense they should be able to be let out on terms of good behavior.

 @9GX62WV from North Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but they should be required to attend some form of rehabilitation such as frequent community service, anger management classes, skills training, or a treatment center for addiction and mental health.

 @99JGS33 from Kentucky  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis and should be monitored using an electronic bracelet. Another way to reduce overcrowding prisons is to execute all death row inmates and execute all murderers, terrorists, and all violent criminals. Once they are sentenced to death they should be executed ASAP.

 @93PWQPQ from Massachusetts  answered…3yrs3Y

No, transfer them to under crowded prisons instead.

 @9LXTYYR from Pennsylvania  answered…9mos9MO

Yes, but if they commit another felony they should not be released from jail until there time is served even if they are non violent

 @9T6DN2M from North Carolina  answered…5mos5MO

Yes, but require that they attend some form of rehabilitation like daily community service or mental health treatment and place them on a parole-like check-in system for a set period

 @9L4Z23B  from Pennsylvania  answered…10mos10MO

Yes, but they must be given a fine, granted parole, and ordered to perform community service by a judge

 @9GZDTYY from Maryland  answered…1yr1Y

No, we should instead reform our justice system to remove prejudice and injustice for individuals on such a large scale. The U.S. has 10.4% of the world's prison population despite only making up 4.2% of the world's population, which means that our legal system is placing too many people in prison and our legal system needs to undergo some major reform, which can start with a reformation of the government to approach drug issues from a medical perspective rather than a legal one.

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Mexico Slams U.S. Policies as Trump Renews Border War

President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem.“One tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” Sheinbaum said, referring to U.S. automakers that have plants on both sides of the border.She said Tuesday that Mexico had done a lot to stem the flow of migrants, noting “caravans of migrants no longer reach the border.” However, Mexico’s efforts to fight drugs like the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl — which is manufactured by Mexican cartels using chemicals imported from China — have weakened in the last year.Sheinbaum said Mexico suffered from an influx of weapons smuggled in from the United States, and said the flow of drugs “is a problem of public health and consumption in your country’s society.”Sheinbaum also criticized U.S. spending on weapons, saying the money should instead be spent regionally to address the problem of migration. “If a percentage of what the United States spends on war were dedicated to peace and development, that would address the underlying causes of migration,” she said.Sheinbaum’s bristly response suggests that Trump faces a much different Mexican president than he did in his first term.Back in late 2018, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a charismatic, old-school politician who developed a chummy relationship with Trump. The two were eventually able to strike a bargain in which Mexico helped keep migrants away from the border — and received other countries’ deported migrants — and Trump backed down on the threats.

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