We’ve been addicted to incarceration as a primary response for decades, whether or not it’s a good use of resources, whether or not it’s humane, whether or not it is effective at keeping us safe, rehabilitating or healing victims. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
I’ve been really consistent throughout the campaign and since I won that I want to prioritize victims rights and I want to prioritize healing. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
In San Francisco, I am proud to say that one of my first mandates as district attorney was that my staff would never ask the court to impose money bail. If we believe someone is too dangerous to be released, then it doesn’t matter how wealthy they are – we should ask the court to detain them. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
What we’re doing in San Francisco and what we’re doing with other criminal justice partners across the state and across the country is anything but indiscriminate. We are being careful. We are being focused and surgical in our efforts to decrease the jail population. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
The status quo tough-on-crime policies of the ’90s and 2000s are not working and are not popular. And it provides me with hope about the possibilities for San Francisco and this whole country in terms of moving away from our dependence on prisons and jails to solve social problems. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose to. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
We need to do a better job identifying what’s contributing to the crime and making sure we hold people accountable in a way that addresses that root cause. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
There’s an awful lot about our criminal justice system that is dysfunctional. Everyone who sets foot in a criminal courtroom will see myriad ways the system is dysfunctional. Chesa Boudin Read Quote
