‘We’ve Moved Past’ Jailing Criminals, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says
Craig Bannister
August 26th, 2025 Jailing criminals is an outdated and ineffective way to fight crime, Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared Monday at a press event denouncing the possibility of President Donald Trump deploying federal law enforcement to help make the city safe, as he did in the Nation’s Capital.
Chicago has “moved past” jailing criminals, Mayor Johnson said, accusing America of having an “addiction” to putting convicted criminals behind bars:
“We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence. We’ve already tried that and we ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence.
“The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country, we have moved past that.
“It is racist; it is immoral; it is unholy – and it is not the way to drive violence down.”
“We cannot return to the same failed strategies that got us here in the first place,” the mayor claimed.
Chicago needs more money – not more law enforcement – Johnson said:https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/08/26/weve-moved-past-jailing-criminals-chicago-mayor-brandon