On: Study Finds Increased Incarceration Has Marginal-To-Zero Impact on Crime

[Arnt]

Right.

Put crudely: Put someone in jail and he's not going to be around to rob anyone. But he's also not going to be around to talk sense into his kid brother.

[dzdt → Arnt]

Nor is he around his grandma for her to talk sense into him; instead he is around a bunch of career criminals.

Nor is he around his children, making a stable household for them to grow up focusing on school and building their own futures.