r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/KittensInc 10d ago

Assuming a US context: you forgot about the Thirteenth Amendment:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Why pay for their care if you can force them to work?

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u/JohnHazardWandering 9d ago

Still a net loss 

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u/fazelenin02 9d ago

For us, not for the private prisons who pay our congress to write draconian laws that put people in prison.

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u/HughHimbo33 9d ago

there are basically no federal prisons that are privately run. its a state by state issue, and the public prisons push for more incarceration because they cannot reduce staffing because of union contracts.