Support the use of the death penalty

Holt supports the following principles regarding crime:
• Support the use of the death penalty in Arizona.
• Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
• Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
• Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.

End parole for repeat violent offenders

Holt supports the following principles regarding crime:
• End parole for repeat violent offenders.
• Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
• Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
• Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.