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Here in the U.S., we seem to treat prison as the answer to every issue. Drugs? Violence? Some prison time ought to fix that, right? But seriously, maybe it’s time we stop using lockup as a stopgap and try addressing the real problems with our justice system that lead to this type of craziness.

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