In her essay, she reveals the penalties on being homelessness. She states, “If you’re lying on a sidewalk, whether you’re homeless or millionaire, you’re in violation of the ordinance”. In other words, an individual will face jail term if he or she sits, lies, trespass, or litters on any public space. It is evident that a fluent individual would not slumber under any bridge. However, a homeless person lacking of a shelter does not have any other choice but to sleep in a public space. Furthermore, such individual is committing trespass and is subjectable to a jail term. Ehrenreich sees those minor crimes sentences disrespectful to people who do not have anything to eat or anywhere to live in. As she says, “In defiance of all reason and compassion, the criminalization of poverty has actually been intensifying as the recession generates ever more poverty”. She considers that criminalization of poverty is comparable to a chain reaction which the government has not done anything to prevent
In her essay, she reveals the penalties on being homelessness. She states, “If you’re lying on a sidewalk, whether you’re homeless or millionaire, you’re in violation of the ordinance”. In other words, an individual will face jail term if he or she sits, lies, trespass, or litters on any public space. It is evident that a fluent individual would not slumber under any bridge. However, a homeless person lacking of a shelter does not have any other choice but to sleep in a public space. Furthermore, such individual is committing trespass and is subjectable to a jail term. Ehrenreich sees those minor crimes sentences disrespectful to people who do not have anything to eat or anywhere to live in. As she says, “In defiance of all reason and compassion, the criminalization of poverty has actually been intensifying as the recession generates ever more poverty”. She considers that criminalization of poverty is comparable to a chain reaction which the government has not done anything to prevent