Overcriminalization significantly undermines human flourishing and social well-being by harming the family, social networks, and social citizenship. Additionally, it prevents capable men and women from utilizing their creative capacities in the marketplace. This creates vast issues involving relations with family while incarcerated and reintegration into society after release. On the economic side, draconian cash bail systems undermine justice through basing someone's ability to attain pre-trial release upon their wealth, not their actual threat to society.
“If we are truly dedicated to holding people who commit crimes accountable and enhancing public safety, we must find ways to end mass incarceration. We must break the cycle, not only of a recidivism rate that hovers around 66 percent but also of intergenerational incarceration. “
San Francisco Examiner
May 28, 2019
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