Since Don Otto, to end the infidelity of his wife, sold the sofa as it was cheating, he had not heard a proposal as absurd as it is to release thousands of prisoners to remedy overcrowding prison.
The main problem of Chileans, according to numerous surveys, is crime. This happened to be with the arrival of the coalition government and its commitment to favor criminals, perhaps grateful, because in many ways it had based its political effectiveness in armed collaboration of some of them left-wing terrorists to weaken the military government.
Thus, the criminal law for twenty years, was dedicated to reducing the severity of the sanctions. The main legislative concern was to find a better defense and protection of offenders of the law. Repeal of arrest on suspicion. Severe punishment to the police. Judges guarantee public criminal advocacy, compliance penalties free, abbreviated trial. All aimed at preventing criminals were as they should be, prisoners.
The result is that every day we learn of thieves caught in the act, who walked free despite having a large criminal record or convictions pending. But still "Working" on what they knew to do. And after being arrested, again and again, almost always left again almost immediately released.
And honest citizens? Those who are imprisoned themselves. After they have had to build fences to keep the assault. And people, unable to leave their homes after dark. Every man for himself. Alarms, guards, electric fences, "Do not put your wallet on the seat," do not have guns in your house because criminals can use against you "," no weapons to defend itself because the families or the accomplices of the criminals you will take revenge, "" put down their weapons at the nearest police station or in a parish. " Lest the will use against the privileged today, criminals. And woe to you if it is defended and that his gun was not registered or used outside the place where he was allowed to keep!
From what has been tried has been to make the offender feel increasingly safe and secure, that the cost of crime is lower and lower, that will not fall to jail and, now, if it fell, it is pardoned and go free to avoid overcrowding.
says there are more prisoners than in the past. Sure, but there are still many more offenders than in the past, because of all the perverse incentives created over twenty years. And the dissolution of families, but that's another topic. So common sense tells us that there should be still much larger number of prisoners.
Prison reform needs to be done is to create broader criminal and without overcrowding, some of the countless islands of who owns the richest body of Chile, the State, owner of 17 000 buildings.
In the short term can be set in open areas where prisoners can work effectively to pay "their debt to society." And tendered to private administration, which certainly production fro many ideas to make the system self-sustained, constructive and effective.
But of course none of this is politically correct. Then, we will need to fulfill the campaign promise of ending "revolving door" and replaced by "the open door." Don Otto
not have done worse.
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