Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effect of inculcating the former into a culture of criminality common among the latter, making them more of a risk to public safety upon release than when they originally went in.

We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.

Public trust is essential to public safety.

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

We can only have true public safety with public trust.

What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.