I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed.
But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.
There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.
I think a lot of people get in trouble with the law.
Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they're put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible.
Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.
At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of criminal justice.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.