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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
Legalize weed, free anyone in jail on drug charges, tax pot, spend pot tax on prison rehab. Yaaay. War on drugs = war on empty prisons.
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I'm all for it but is it even possible now? The privatized prison system is a big industry now with what I assume is a powerful lobby. Nonviolent prisoners are, by definition, easier to warehouse than violent ones. It is not in this industries interests to reduce the prison population.