{"id":3107,"date":"2021-03-08T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T22:37:25","slug":"addicts-for-incarceration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3107","title":{"rendered":"Addicts for Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deseret News has this op-ed<\/a> collectively written by The Other Side Academy.<\/p>\n

We are a group of former longtime felons and drug addicts. Collectively we have been arrested over 400 times. Between us, we\u2019ve been incarcerated for well over 150 years. And that was the best thing you could have done for us.<\/p>\n

We plead with our legislators, judicial and police leadership to stop enabling criminals\/addicts like us. You\u2019re enabling us every time you look the other way when we break into homes, cars and businesses in order to feed our addictions. You\u2019re enabling us when you hold us for a few days for crimes that used to bring sentences of a few years. You\u2019re almost handing us a needle when you let us skate out on long sentences if we simply agree to attend another 60-day program that hasn\u2019t worked for us before.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it terrifies us every time we hear a political candidate say, \u201cWe need to stop sending addicts to jail. We need to send them to rehab!\u201d You aren\u2019t helping us when you don\u2019t hold us accountable for hurting other people. As evidence of this, as a result of your reforms of the past three years, recidivism is up almost 30%. And addiction prevalence has not declined a bit.<\/p>\n

The softer you are on us, the more of us will die. We buried a beloved friend this week who had been committing crimes for over a year with no consequences. He was arrested again a week ago then released two days later. By the end of the week he died in a high-speed crash while high. Thank God, at least, that he took no innocents with him.<\/p>\n

Another man who lives with us now at The Other Side Academy was on a crime spree for 18 months. During that time, he was arrested eight times, and released on his own recognizance without spending any real time in jail. What is it with people like you who trust us eight times in a row to return responsibly to court when we say we will? When you do things like this, we don\u2019t see you as compassionate. We see you as marks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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