Prison Population To Have First Drop Since 1972 ( Wait until Obamacare becomes law )

AP Obama ^ | December 20th

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The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

The inmate population has risen steadily since the early 1970s as states adopted get-tough policies that sent more people to prison and kept them there longer. But tight budgets now have states rethinking these policies and the costs that come with them.

"It's a reversal of a trend that's been going on for more than a generation," said David Greenberg, a sociology professor at New York University. "In some ways, it's overdue."

The U.S. prison population dropped steadily during most of the 1960s, and there were a few small dips in 1970 and 1972. But it has risen every year since, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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Caller: Will Obamacare impact prison overcrowding?

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But I thought poverty led to more crime and the one thing I have done right this past year is wreck the economy.

Does this article mean the main underlying premise for most Libtard redistribution of wealth programs can be wrong?