> it isn't easy to suddenly and accidentally get thrown in jail.
No one accidentally gets thrown in jail, its always an intentional act by another person.
And it is very easy to suddenly get thrown in jail, particularly if you are poor and/or non-white.
> If the violation is minor and non-violent, then by the time it gets to that point, the person will have had many chances to straighten up (more often than not) and simply chose to ignore the warnings.
That's...very much not true. It might be true if you are referring to post-conviction incarceration, it is very much not true when talking about pre-trial confinement as a means of ensuring appearance. Plenty of minor and non-violent offenses are arrestable, rather than merely citable, even if the accused has no prior record.
No one accidentally gets thrown in jail, its always an intentional act by another person.
And it is very easy to suddenly get thrown in jail, particularly if you are poor and/or non-white.
> If the violation is minor and non-violent, then by the time it gets to that point, the person will have had many chances to straighten up (more often than not) and simply chose to ignore the warnings.
That's...very much not true. It might be true if you are referring to post-conviction incarceration, it is very much not true when talking about pre-trial confinement as a means of ensuring appearance. Plenty of minor and non-violent offenses are arrestable, rather than merely citable, even if the accused has no prior record.
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