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.
“According to the report, in 2017, 30 percent of those admitted into Wisconsin prisons committed a new crime, but 37 percent admitted were because of revocation. This means, tax payers’ dollars are paying for prison and jails to hold inmates who literally didn’t even commit a new crime, or any crime for that matter.“
Milwaukee Courier News
January 26, 2019
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