The criminal justice reform movement bases its success on how many criminals it removes from jail, which is proof enough that the movement cares nothing about public safety or justice for victims.

A study from the Common Sense Institute of Colorado analyzed the effects of Colorado’s softening of criminal punishments on prison populations and crime, and the result was unsurprising. The report found that arrests and incarceration rates have declined as Colorado has focused on emptying its prisons, and that the recidivism rate of convicted criminals has also decreased. Of course, if you make fewer arrests, you will have fewer convicted criminals considered to be “reoffending,” because law enforcement does not act on their reoffences.