As long as prisons are profitable we won’t ever see a decline in their population. Even though violent crime is down drastically from the 1970’s or prison population continues to skyrocket. Every year more and more draconian steps are taken to harshly punish non-violent consensual crime, like drug possession, gambling, alcohol (the most dangerous drug) and of course dirty-dirty consensual sex. The only humor in it seems to be in this satire by Steven Colbert.
I saw this show live last night. The Texas Prison Bidness blog beat me to the post.
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