Ordinarily progressives argue that public services improve when you increase their funding rather than cut it. Does this apply to policing and prisons? Well, Norway spends as much as $90k a year per prisoner, while the U.S. spends $31k a year.
It reminds me of some reporting I did on Alabama& #39;s prisons, where, despite cutting prison population year-on-year for a while now, the state isn& #39;t really saving any money. I asked their director of prison reform why, and he told me that it& #39;s because of overcrowding.
That& #39;s why, "defund the police," whether it means eliminate police or cut funding for police, is probably misguided as a general principle.
Halden Prison in Norway. You get what you pay for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1vGNDtoRCQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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