It's entirely possible that there is no different (better) approach.
And again.... as long as the people whose taxes are footing the bill aren't going hungry themselves or doing without the necessities of life because of it, unless they have a better solution, they really should not complain too loudly.
Court dockets are crowded and so are jails and prisons.
Judges know that.
I guess they are prioritizing that kind of punishment for violent and truly dangerous individuals.
Hiring more judges, prosecutors and public defenders then building and staffing more jails and prisons is astronomically expensive.
To end these problems would require fundamentally changing human nature.
Or reprogramming humans to not be bad anymore.
C'MON MAN!!!!
Correct in that being crazy isn't a crime. Only if a person is a danger to themselves or others can they be arrested and face a judge who will determine if prison or a mental facility is better for them.
However, there's no law against making it a requirement to attend a class if someone wants a public tent that night.
IMO, putting them into treatment is the most compassionate. The problem is determining who is mentally ill enough to require treatment. In the 50s, a husband could lock his wife up for "hysteria" then either leave her there or file for divorce (often illegal in many states hence Reno and Mexico for a quickly divorce) due to her "mental instability".
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
you can be homeless.
you can be a hoarder.
we simply cannot allow homeless hoarders.
you gotta be able to "move along" at daybreak.
So you say.
The biggest problem with the balance of payments argument is that it's contrary to a progressive income tax system.
The central principle of such a system is that taxpayers with a greater ability to pay, pay more.
Calipornians pay more in federal income taxes on average than Mississippians because on average they earn more.
Simple fact Anchovies left out: But unlike the hotel program, the tent sites are not eligible for federal reimbursement.
Poor Anchovies.
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