I was not going to write today. I have a 11000 things to do in about 8 hours. But, I have to congratulate and applaud the President and, for once, a group of bipartisan Congressmen and Senators for their new prison reform Act
For too long, we have tried to reduce crime by way of punishment. This, very obviously, does not work. This Act will end the era of draconian punishments. No longer will small time, non violent crimes be punished by long prison terms.
When much younger, I saw parents beat, not spank bur beat, kids when they did wrong. It just meade them think of ways to not get caught. Even in training dogs, smart folks know that rewards work far better than punishment. All prisons do is make better criminals.
Of course, the violently criminal must still be hailed, but do we gain anything by harshly punishing small time criminals? The answer is a definite no and we actually lose a lot, because when they get out, they are badly damaged.
Now, this Act applies only to Federal sentencing. Let us hope that States will take similar steps.
So, again. waty to President Trump. Way to go Congressmen and Senators. At last, the two sides are working together and maybe that will spread. It is a good day and may your day be blessed.
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