Competent, meaningful prosecution that sends criminals from Philadelphia to PA State Prison is important, as are following through with parole violations In the graph below, 2013 has the lowest number of homicides and highest number of Philadelphians sent to state prison

Decarecation slowly began in ~2015 with the Macarthur Foundation pumping money into the city. Admissions from court began to decrease. Then in 2018 court commitments fell rapidly along with parole violations. Far fewer Philly criminals were going to state prison

Court convictions and pleas sending Philadelphia criminals to state prison correlates with homicides, especially in times of big change In the mid-2000s, a ~20% dip in court commitments occurs alongside a ~20% rise in murders. Also, obviously, the late 2010s to 2021

Here is a normalized graph that looks at the variables: PHL state prison pop, PHL state prison admissions, and homicides on a per capita basis The population data in the prison reports noted a sharp decline in Philly's population in the mid 2000s, coinciding with rising murder

This is a different view of the data for Philadelphians in PA State Prison and Homicides in Philadelphia. I liked this one, but wasn't sure how clear it would be

👆TL;DR: Incapacitation of criminals saves lives.

@OverSaltPretzel These charts are so crazy Not that I didn’t know there’s a relationship between being soft on crime and increased crime - but these graphs put it out there for everyone to easily see Well done

@lisa99362828 Thanks!

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@OverSaltPretzel @DA_LarryKrasner take your ego out of it and look at the base facts

@OverSaltPretzel Wow, that's a really interesting statistic. Makes a lot of sense

@OverSaltPretzel @retiredPhlADA I asked Krasner about this in a virtual town hall 4 yrs ago. He said he saw no evidence or connection between lower incareration rates and higher crime numbers. Of course we all knew that was BS. I mean, it’s just common sense. We need to find the RIGHT balance, but this ain’t it

@OverSaltPretzel @retiredPhlADA That graph says it all, Krasner truly is a criminals best friend. Victims lives don't matter....