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.
“The corrections profession learned long ago that working with death row prisoners causes trauma, and officers working on death row today are regularly monitored for mental health concerns. No officer is permitted to work there longer than two years, and most “tours of duty” on the row are much shorter. Although staff members leave the environment, psychological effects can persist for years.“
Penn Live
July 16, 2019
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