> This also applies to shorter sentences. Even these can completely turn an offender’s life upside down. You can lose your job, home and social network. And you rarely become a better person during a short stay in jail.

I had a few experiences helping people who were trapped or harmed by Arizona's criminal justice system. I eventually decided Arizona's jails and prisons are make-work programs to remove people from the labor supply.

America's Make-Work Sheriff: The Anachronism of Joseph Arpaio: https://www.taxiwars.org/2017/09/americas-make-work-sheriff-...

Ordinary Rendition: The Public Servants' Quagmire: https://www.taxiwars.org/2017/10/ordinary-rendition-public-s...

The second one was about the passenger who remembered me from the night she got the 'catch and release' treatment. Her second taxi trip was almost 2 years after her first trip.

It takes about 7 days of confinement before people begin to develop PTSD...