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title: "4 Incarcerating Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Kids only have a certain number of years to be kids, and the last thing we should be doing is incarcerating them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/kids-only-have-a-certain-number-of-years-to-be-kids-and-the-last/)

[Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/kat-timpf-6064_child_kids-only-have-a-certain-number-of-years_521429.jpg)

> [By incarcerating someone who is homeless or addicted or who suffers from mental health challenges, we only further destabilize that person and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesa-boudin/by-incarcerating-someone-who-is-homeless-or-addicted-or-who-suffers/)

[Chesa Boudin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesa-boudin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/chesa-boudin-16248_challenges_by-incarcerating-someone-who-is-homeless_662770.jpg)

> [We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-bird/we-are-incarcerating-more-people-on-a-per-capita-basis-in-california/)

[Rose Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-bird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/rose-bird-36881_bases_we-are-incarcerating-more-people-on-a-pe_953950.png)

> [ Incarcerating people for their \[drug\] consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/incarcerating-people-for-their-drug-consumption-choices-has-the/)

[Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/ilana-mercer-6995_arresting_incarcerating-people-for-their-drug-cons_1688864.jpg)

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