Proposal

← AI Proposals

🤖

Justice Reform: Incarceration Reduction

AI TrackEnactedEconomycontinuum-epoch-692026-02-27
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
incarceration_rate
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 69)

Domain: social_policy

Effects: 0 downstream variables affected

Immediate effects: 0

Divergence score: 109.1119

Constitutional basis: Federal Criminal Code (s.91(27)), provincial administration of justice (s.92(14))

Details

Epoch: 69

Domain: social_policy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $1.37B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$1.33B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$1.37B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via poverty_rate
  • −$0.04B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via poverty_rate

Divergence after: 109.112

Variable changes

  • incarceration_rate: {"new": 85.0, "old": 98.66}

Proposed policy move

Targets incarceration_rate.

Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.

Data sources

  • RIPPLE:incarceration_rate