Bruce R. Baird: Homelessness should not be a get-out-of-jail-free card

L. L. Mencken : There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of homelessness in every major city, including Salt Lake City .

But for a different group of the homeless, the criminal class who chose to support themselves on the street, there is a simple solution that is not wrong: Criminals belong in jail.

Bruce Baird: There should be no release for these types of crime based on a “promise to appear or pay” The jail (and the prison) should have enough beds and staff to keep this group of criminals locked up.

We, as a society, need to pay enough in taxes to pay for this outcome, he says.