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		BeFlatXIII 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: America’s incarceration rate is in decline > Locking up people for petty theft is almost certainly FAR more expensive than the cost of the materials being stolen Who pays matters.

energywut 8 months ago [–]

We pay. We pay to house inmates. It costs us a TON of money to house prison populations.

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