LogFAQs > #942238179

We just plain should not have so many prisoners period.

The war on drugs should have ended (actually never started) along time ago, especially since it's so racist.

If fact, it's just another nail in the coffin of how bad our system is that you are not only taking away prisoners freedom, but their ability to try and vote to improve the nation they were born in.

Almost 50%....of the HUGE amount of people we have in prisons are there for drug offenses.

Only 3.3% are in there for Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses.

10% are in there for sexual offenses, and while I consider this a good enough reason to imprison someone, a very large % of them are minorities (which probably means the number is way inflated and many shouldn't be there).

In general, it is probably less than 10% of the people in prison that should be there, and should not be allowed to vote even if you think being a prisoner removes that right.

Are prison system is wacked, it's for profit, for political gain, and extremely racist. THAT is what needs to change.

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