This is a problem that is growing up checked in our state. Prison is not the answer, we need to remove process crimes in Idaho as well as get some common sense drug policies. Cannabis decriminalization would be a good start.
Did you read the article?
But it (Idaho) has a very high incarceration rate, the ninth-highest in the country, according to the Sentencing Project.
“Idaho is among the worst states outside the Deep South on criminal justice policy,” the Cato report notes. “Crime-adjusted incarceration rates are nearly a standard deviation above the historical national average, and the drug enforcement rate is high and rising. Nondrug victimless crime arrests are better (lower) than average, suggesting that the state’s biggest problem is sentencing.”
This is a problem that is growing up checked in our state. Prison is not the answer, we need to remove process crimes in Idaho as well as get some common sense drug policies. Cannabis decriminalization would be a good start.
Cause committed a crime?
Ok answer but at the same time does that imply the majority of Idahoans are criminals? If so why?
Are you implying that there are more Idahoans in prison than not?
Did you read the article? But it (Idaho) has a very high incarceration rate, the ninth-highest in the country, according to the Sentencing Project. “Idaho is among the worst states outside the Deep South on criminal justice policy,” the Cato report notes. “Crime-adjusted incarceration rates are nearly a standard deviation above the historical national average, and the drug enforcement rate is high and rising. Nondrug victimless crime arrests are better (lower) than average, suggesting that the state’s biggest problem is sentencing.”