[WS:] Very clear and concise indeed. A sure way to lose whatever little public support the left in this country still has.
FYI: Prisons exist in any system capitalism, socialism, and anything in between for a very simple reason - there will be always people who hurt others to get what they want. This is a no brainer, and only a delusional person believes that crime will go away after a change of the system.
Contrary to leftist mythology, poverty is not the cause of crime because: 1. most poor do not commit crimes and 2. many well-off people commit crimes, probably more so than poor people, they are just not caught.
Criminology offers many possible causes of criminal and delinquent behavior, and poverty has not received much empirical support. However, poor people are disproportionally victims of criminal behavior so the crime is of more concern to them than to an average middle class suburbanite.
So if capitalism enters the crime scene, it does so by subjecting the poor to criminal victimization to a much higher degree than it does to more affluent social strata. Reduction of poor victimization should be addressed instead of floating ludicrous proposals of releasing the criminal element back to the communities that they victimized. And also getting serious about prosecuting white collar and corporate crimes.
-- Wojtek
"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."