[Recovering Ex-hippie]

There are two problems I see with prisons now:
1) Vast amounts of illegal aliens, many violent thug types
2) Way too many non violent prisoners in for relative minor drgu offenses.

Deal with these two problems , the costs go down and possible more rehab and post prison re-entry into society could be done, to reduce future crime even more.

But of course, that is too rational and the moralistic drug crowd would be upset.

[vetsvette]

"But of course, that is too rational and the moralistic drug crowd would be upset."

I think that the "moralistic drug crowd" is just a myth invented by cowardly politicians. A few citizens might object, but the mass, if they are made to understand that nearly 80% of crime results from the illegality of drugs, would go along.

After all, with an 80% drop in crime, there would sure be a hell of a lot of money made available to treat idiots that chose to use the legally obtained drugs.