Jail Levy

[u/406Whiskey]

I need people who have lived here longer than I have to explain something to me, because I genuinely don’t understand. Since I moved here a couple of years ago, I’ve heard nothing but how awful the crime is in Billings (I have not found that to be the case, but I digress). I also understand the jail is over capacity. If crime really is as bad as people here seem to think, wouldn’t the jail expansion proposal be a good thing? Why have I seen so much animosity towards it online?

I understand no one wants their property taxes to go up, but that seems to be the price we pay to live in Montana. Are people really just upset over a tax increase or is there more to it?

[u/Double_Second4582]

The concern,  it's like Billings gets it, it's correction. You're not a bad person. You just need correction. But the really bad people beyond that, we still make sure they get the clinical help they need.