Fewer arrests for minor crimes logically means fewer people behind - TopicsExpress



          

Fewer arrests for minor crimes logically means fewer people behind bars for minor crimes. Poorer would-be defendants benefit the most; three-quarters of those sitting in New York jails are only there because they can’t afford bail. Fewer New Yorkers will also be sent to Rikers Island, where endemic brutality against inmates has led to resignations, arrests, and an imminent federal civil-rights intervention over the past six month
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:54:53 +0000

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