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"And for people who want to say "but jailing them doesn't rehabilitate them" - maybe not, but that's an issue to figure out separately. If you care about rehabilitating them, then figure out how to rehabilitate them while they are in a place where they can't continue to do harm to innocents. But if they are on the streets unrehabilitated, they will continue to commit violent crime - so until they can be rehabilitated, they need to be removed from society to keep society safe."

This. I have repeatedly asked Allen's office to clarify what rehab is being offered and met as part of his rehab Act. All he pays attention to is the early release part. No explanation of how we, society, are bettered when these folks come out early.

Yup. Need to either rehabilitate them or keep them off the streets. I'm not in favor of mass incarceration either, but there's a lack of disincentives and a lack of rehabilitation and until that changes the only thing we have left is keeping violent repeat offenders off the streets.[/quote]

It is the system of confinement/rehab where the money needs to be spent.  Not on "violence interruptors" and other "community-based" programs which are really just grift for the politically connected with no proven results or oversight monitoring.   DC should buy property in the middle of the mountains of West Virginia and create a real boot camp/job training/therapy based rehab program.  Put it in the middle of nowhere so kids have nowhere to run to.  Spend the money THERE.  It would be far easier to monitor  in terms of whether its participants avoid recidivism.  Local employers could partner to employ kids who successfully complete the program and it breaks the cycle of hopelessless and dysfunction that these kids are immersed in when they are just being released  back into their neighborhoods with no consequences.[/quote]

Exactly.  And warn the D.C. youth “guests” in WVa. who may be contemplating continued mayhem not to “try that in a small town.”[/quote]

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