Prison/criminal-justice reform: The huge vindictiveness roadblock

And/but/or we should take a deeper look into the foundational causes that lead people to crime and decide if it’s cheaper, better, and more morally correct to invest in improving circumstances far upstream.

As I said on another thread:

But – America being America – we default to the solutions that create profit for somebody, rather than seek to address root causes or ameliorate the misery piece directly.

Talk about a positive sum game …