The lie of home detention

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The evidence is nothing of the kind. Boot camps fail. Those called to run them are worse than those sent for 're education'.

The evidence for humanitarian approaches to corrections is also out there, along with the results. But hey, we'll just pretend that doesn't exist in order to beat the drum to punish the victims of poverty, deprivation, poor education, mental illness, and inequity. Much cheaper and easier than actually addressing the conditions that create youth crime, domestic violence, and all our other social ills.