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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not follow the example of states that have been successful in combating homelessness? Indiana has the second lowest rate of chronic homelessness in the country, after Ohio. DC's rate was 38 times higher in 2018. That is 1 in 394 people compared to Indiana at 1 in 14,900. Indiana has a law against public intoxication that allows for jail time of up to 180 days. You could argue that this is too harsh. I would argue that it sends the message to people that there is a steep price to pay for throwing your life away to drugs, and the state will not sit idly by and watch you do it.[/quote]

Incarcerating people suffering from homelessness or addiction is not "success".  Indiana is not a model for ANY social policy.  Their incarceration rate has increased dramatically over the past 40 years, as has their over representation of minority people in the prison population and under representation of whites.

Some other aspects of how totally horrible Indiana is:

- They charge a $5 copay for health services to people making $0.12 an hour for their labor.  This means that their health outcomes are much worse than others.
- Their prison phone charges are among the highest in the country.
- Prisonpolicy.org rates Indiana's parole system an "F-" for fairness.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/IN.html[/quote]

They have one of the lowest rates of homelessness in the country, but that is negated by the fact that the phone charges in prison are too high. And a website gave them a bad grade.[/quote]

Well, yes, if you "solve" your homelessness problem by housing homeless people in jail, your system is not a success.[/quote]

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