[ccmay]

And how much of the prison population are drug offenders? Half? 60%?

Enough that the mighty prison-guard unions will NEVER allow decriminalization. They don't care if the War on Drugs kills more people than drugs themselves ever did. It's totally a rice-bowl issue to them. They want jobs for the boys and don't care what harm it does to the nation.

-ccm

[robertpaulsen]

"Enough that the mighty prison-guard unions will NEVER allow decriminalization ... It's totally a rice-bowl issue to them ... They want jobs for the boys ..."

But wait! I thought that releasing the drug criminals would make room for the real criminals, right? So the number of prisoners would stay the same and all the guards get to keep their jobs.

What's the issue?