Perhaps not, but merely an arrest record lowers your chances for gainful employment, jail time doesn’t help either. The more desperate or miserable you can make someone, the more you can increase their chances of turning to more serious crime as a way out.
And I’m sure the punishment was proportional to the crime, especially for breaking such laws as vagrancy due to being poor.
If you are going to comment please understand the difference between jail and prison. No one is in prison for vagrancy.
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Perhaps not, but merely an arrest record lowers your chances for gainful employment, jail time doesn’t help either. The more desperate or miserable you can make someone, the more you can increase their chances of turning to more serious crime as a way out.