Tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em phrase
The strategy of strictly tracking someone who is given probation or parole, and if they violate their probation or parole, they will be arrested immediately.
Knowing that "tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em" policy in this country is strict, he maintained a morally upright way of life when he was let out on probation.
To keep prisons from being filled to overflowing with inmates, the police are implementing a policy of tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
A problem or difficult circumstance
I'm short-sighted, so forgetting my glasses is a real hair in the butter for my sight.