The U.S. prison population has exploded 790% since 1980, date coincident with the widely heralded, shamefully ineffective “War on Drugs.” Ninety-four percent of the federal prison population are serving time for non-violent offenses.
With 2.4 million people now behind bars, we are the Jabba the Hut of jailers. America has 5% of world’s population but incarcerates 25% of the planet’s prisoners.
Really?
There is someone profiting from this this increase, who is it?