I do think prison reform is a worthwhile discussion. I’m not talking about individuals who have harmed others, but the ones we incarcerate for relatively minor crimes as to whether that’s the best way to deal with them.
There was an article a few months back talking about the myriad "paperwork" crimes that could land you in prison. I don't recall all the cases profiled but the article did mention a flower dealer serving a short 4-5 month sentence for not having the proper forms on orchids he was selling. He didn't even know he had broken the law.
Now a 4-5 month sentence may not sound like a lot of time but I think for most of us, four months behind bars would cost us our jobs, deplete our savings and lose our homes. We now live in a country with more laws on the books than we can even comprehend and almost all of them carry a potential prison sentence for violating, something the "law and order" types around here might want to consider.