Published:
October 8, 2020
People across the country have taken to the streets for months in protest against police brutality and how some officer-involved deaths have been handled by the criminal justice system. "It affects the quality of justice in terms of, we are locking up far too many people for far too long, for far too many low-level offenses, and many people are staying locked up just because they can't raise enough money for bail," Deitch said. "But in addition to that, it's a huge public safety issue. We've got to ask whether we're making people worse by sending them into the criminal justice system. It affects recidivism. It affects the community safety. How do we deal with people with mental health challenges, people with substance use disorders?"