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srvealeyesterday at 8:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Why not just incarcerate everyone between the age of 15-27, if what we're worried about is crime rate.


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dmitrygryesterday at 10:16 PM

Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals? We only need to incarcerate repeat violent offenders to reduce crime noticeably. This is not controversial. The data is linked-to above.

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