Express your opinion on the practice of incarcerating individuals for minor crimes and offer an alternative solution to the issue.
I didn't say that I approve of crime but the sense that we need to incarcerate someone for minor crimes is absolutely stupid. 
I take it that if someone is out on bail or personal recognizance that the courts would come down heavily on that person. Why not try that route?
Paying the sheriff approximately $125 a day to keep someone in jail is rather ludicrous for a $100 crime.