Prior to #COVID19, we released ~1,700 ppl from prisons every DAY, and ~275,000 (!!) ppl every DAY from county jails.
The paltry releases under COVID prison furloughs and jail reductions are mere drops in the rivers of people flowing in and out of penal instititions.
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But important to note something about this effort to weaponize the "Willie Horton Effect": we have NO real evidence if it actually matters.
But does that One Bad Case actually translate into actual electoral defeat? Far less clear.
In fact, the Horton ad itself may have had little impact on the 88 election: washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…
Just never lose sight of how SMALL these releases are compared to the churn of humanity through our prisons/jails.