Re: Nearly 1-100 of Americans in US prisons

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:15:49 -0500, Pisano <kenpisano@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:49:47 GMT, Fuzzy <notlikely@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mostly men... will put the number closer to 1 in 50. It's what happens
when crime becomes profitable (ie Corrections Corp..)


http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/02/29/0229prison.html

"WASHINGTON ? More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in
jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments
nearly $50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more,
according to a report released Thursday.

With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the U.S. leads the
world in both the number and percentage of residents it incarcerates,
leaving far-more-populous China a distant second with 1.5 million
people behind bars, said the study by the nonpartisan Pew Center on
the States..."


Last time I checked, the vast majority of prisoners were there
because of victimless, non-violent drug "crimes" which carry mandatory
sentencing guidelines, yet more violent offenders are released much
earlier to reduce over-crowding.

What's wrong with this picture?



***DRAFT RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT***

Drug crimes, delinquent dads, simple parole violations, the good ole
US is turning into a demographical Stalinist dreamland with
alternatives as outlandish as the first.

Drug war is a curious one. Legalize them (in some cases through a
pharmacist, a visit before a night out on the town) and remove the
Mexican Cartel herding descent folk across the boarder.
.

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