This ^^^. Seems so elementary.All the folks at city hall would be banned....
I've advocated for a program that is somewhere between rehab and a work camp.
If you've talked to an ex con they only know one thing most of the time and prison doesn't teach em much.
A 2 year program. 1st year is rehab and recovery.
2nd year is a work program right next to our civil works laborers.
Anyone that has gotten clean or sober can attest to the fact it takes about a year before you feel okay in your own skin.
The work program will folks 30-50% market wage while they learn on the job the skills needed to support themselves.
That's a very brief summarization.
Or they can go to prison.
I don't care.
I'm old enough to remember when society didn't tolerate smoking meth, shooting up, or defecating on sidewalks as a normal thing to do in public view of children and women.