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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
And to think that the U.S. is one of the worst prison states in the world. The prison population per 100,000 is rivaled only by Russia and Belarus. Sure, little is known about what is going on in places like North Korea, but still....
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Of course, if you were looking any further, you'd note that an enormous number of those people are in there for drug-related offenses and that we RELEASE violent criminals on parole to make more room for drug offenders in our ultra-successful, ultra-efficient war on drugs.
Not that that makes it any better...