Or, having a kid in one. The guy in California who pushed for non violent drug offenders to be released was a former right wing Republican who supported the death penalty. Until his kid got caught selling drugs. you'd be surprised what happens to your convictions on national and global issues when you finally have skin in the game. Seeing that kid you played catch with and taught how fish wearing that orange jump suit. Going to visit him and seeing bruises on his face that he doesn't want to talk about. You know he's being violated sexually but you just block out the thought. Like the thought of dying. You now it'll happen, but you dont' think about it. You'd do anything to either get your kid out of there, or lobby to make the system more lenient. It's not liberalism. It's love and survival.