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Social and Economic Issues

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.

Critics Say Staten Island DA's Diversion Program for Opioid Addicts, a Model for NYC, Is Falling Short

"According to statistics from the office of Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon,468 defendants who faced low-level drug charges have been referred to HOPE, of which 361 completed the program and had their charges withdrawn.....But because it excludes defendants with felonies on their records, for every one defendant referred to the program, two are barred from entry, said Melissa Moore, deputy state director of the New York office for the Drug Policy Alliance."

New York Law Journal

June 25, 2018

Opioid CrisisAnthony BradleyJuly 30, 2018New York Law Journal, Staten Island

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