As I think people have previously testified, serious offenders will still go to jail, but what it does is give judges the opportunity to impose sentences that are community-based for those who don't need to go to jail. In particular, we know that when you go to jail as a Black person, you're not going to have culturally informed programming. You're going to be deemed a troublemaker more often. You're going to be classified at a higher risk. You're not going to come out of that situation in a place to successfully reintegrate into the community.
That process of reintegration should start immediately upon entering the custodial setting. Not having those programs in place points to the need for the community-based resources that are going to have more of an impact in rehabilitation. I think that's got to be the answer.