[ammodotcom]

For firearm owners in particular, the growth in this “prison-industrial complex” is troubling because felons are forbidden from owning firearms and ammunition under the 1968 Gun Control Act. As the number of laws has grown and the cultural shift for police has gone from a focus on keeping the peace to enforcing the law, more and more Americans are being stripped of their 2nd Amendment rights (not to mention other civil rights like voting – as of 2017, 6.1 million Americans cannot vote because of their criminal records). All told, eight percent of all Americans cannot own firearms because of a felony conviction.

For American society as a whole, the prison-industrial complex has created a perverse incentive structure. Bad laws drive out respect for good laws because there are just so many laws (not to mention rules, regulations, and other prohibitions used by federal prosecutors to pin crimes on just about anyone). How did we get here?

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Trump’s pardon czar :)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-pardon-czar-explains-key-differences-trump-biden-pardons

[jacknhoo]

If they would lock up the right/top people we would see a drastic decline in the prison population. But that’s nearly impossible when they rule the world, emphasis is on “nearly.”

[Glad2bnuts]

There are not enough people in jail or prison. Up in WA state they don’t arrest people for being in possession of heroin, fentanyl, or coke. They take it away and write a citation.

[Secret Agent Man]

Funny how this story comes out now, not in the last 4 years of Biden.

[Fledermaus]

Uh, they commit crimes?

[Sam Gamgee]

Jail for drug usage is insanely stupid.

[TheDon]

Hmmmm....I wonder what the break down by race looks like?

[Racketeer]

There is a very interesting book called “Three Felonies and Day” which clearly reveals how the innocent is targeted. It has gotten so bad, a SCOTUS Justice by the name of Neil Gorsuch had to write a book called “OVER-RULED” which points to the over-whelming number of laws, many in direct conflict with another, in our society.

Maybe Americans need to quit electing lawyers while Congress eliminates all Federal courts sans SCOTUS!!

[mass55th]

I don't know about other states, but NY State is not locking people up. In fact, since the scamdemic, they've been cutting convicts loose early, and closing multiple state prisons. Hochul wants to close at least five more prisons in the state this year. There was recently a wildcat strike among Correctional Officers in the state. The strike took place because the department has been forcing uniformed staff to work 24 hour shifts on a regular basis. That is not supposed to occur unless there is an emergency situation. The state can't get anyone to take the Civil Service test for Correctional Officer, and the reasons they've forced staff to work 24 hours shifts is because of staff shortages around the state. In many cases, facility administrators will close down necessary jobs of uniformed staff, and force another uniformed employee to cover their own assigned post, and the post of the job they closed down.

The other reason the officers went on strike was The Halt Act that was passed by the State Legislature. The Act drastically cut the amount of time an inmate could be held in segregation as the result of assault and other serious charges. Cutting inmates time in special housing for disciplinary reasons is no different than liberal D.A.'s releasing perps right back onto the street within hours of arrest, so they can reoffend again.

[BobL]

“The U.S. has both the highest number of prisoners and the HIGHEST per capita INCARCERATION RATE in the modern world at 655 adults per 100,000.”

Oh we do? I wonder how many people read the above and automatically take them at their word. I also wonder if the people writing this even bothered to check. Not hard...took me a few seconds on Google.

El Salvador has 110,000 in prison out of a population of 6.31 Million. This works out to 1740 prisoners per 100,000 people, nearly THREE TIMES the rate of the United States.

El Salvador is the only country that I checked, but I suspect there are many more...starting with North Korea, for example.

Bottom Line: Don’t take crap at face value, particularly if it’s very easy to FIND THE TRUTH.

[logi_cal869]

For firearm owners in particular, the growth in this “prison-industrial complex” is troubling because felons are forbidden from owning firearms and ammunition under the 1968 Gun Control Act.

Oh, please. By my estimate there should be at least double the incarceration rate to return to the safe streets of the '50s or, for that matter, the '70s.

It's liberalism which let gangs explode in this country and, frankly, this article smells on high of liberalism despite the 2A red herring.

[mowowie]

my friend spent 6 weeks in county jail here in MA for a simple dui, no harm or damage to anything...the judge told him that he was a threat to society pending trial.
He was found innocent believe it or not.
While in there he told me that over half of the inmates were there for restraining order violations.