WRITTEN ON November 19th, 2007 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Uncategorized

(from a report called Unlocking America by something called the JFA quoted by the BBC):

- 1.5m inmates*
- up x8 since 1970
- planning 192,000 more inmates in five years

That means an extra $27.5bn to build and run jails – that’s £13bn to you and me or £14bn in the parallel universe of PayPal. But

“There is no evidence that keeping people in prison longer makes us any safer,” said JFA president James Austin.

*but no “Scooter” Libby, “Dick” Cheney and the rest of the axis of evil still walk free