Many issues that are primary drivers of mass incarceration cannot be remedied through government solutions alone. Issues such as broken families and mental health, both forever altered by over criminalization, cannot be simply be repaired through legislation. Civil Society has the unique capability to address certain social issues that government cannot, or to address them more effectively than government can. This section also addresses issues in which over-policing attempts to fix issues that should be handled through the community.
"'I have seen and heard of things at some of the concerts that would chill the blood of the average citizen,' Cash told the Subcommittee on National Penitentiaries. 'But I think possibly the blood of the average citizen needs to be chilled in order for (change) to come about because right now we have 1972 problems and 1872 jails… People have got to care in order for prison reform to come about'."
Sacramento Bee
August 19, 2018
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