.... at $100K per year per felon?
now the question to be begged is what do we consider a *must* lock em up offense ???
Felon has become a useless indicator of crime or personality...soon the majority will be unconvicted felons of some crime, at some level, merely walking thru our daily lives...
*crime* demands punishment...dangerous and unpredictable criminals need to be locked up, those who will never be civilized, should be hanged...
those who might be convicted of lesser crimes should be put to labor, offsetting their *cost* to the rest of the citizenry, which once the sentence is fulfilled, the former prisoner should return to, becoming a citizen again, unless and until another violation occurs...
basically, if someone cant be trusted with citizenship, lcok em up and spare my family from having to suffer their activities...voting or otherwise...