Break Out

An interesting one on The Takeaway this morning:

Healthcare is so underfunded in California that they estimate that one prisoner dies unnecessarily every week. No one's getting any money soon, so the only solution is to release upwards of 50,000 criminals. But before you start replacing your white picket with barbed wire, keep in mind that a disproportionate number of people are incarcerated due to minor parole violations or sentences to 5, 10, even 20 years for something like drug possession. In fact, a certain worshipped Republican ex-president authorized a major prisoner release in during his tenure as Cali guvnah, to no ill effect on communities. Maybe it's time to reevaluate the actual dangers to society?