(August 15, 2018 at 2:15 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(August 15, 2018 at 2:04 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: Also to my points.It won't..they will immediately fill their places. They do so on purpose, because of a profit motive..and they even make counties sign contracts explicitly allowing them to do it before they break ground on a prison.
1) I've been in prison visiting someone often. They are overcrowded. I've heard the first hand stories of how crowded. Yes revamping who goes to prison will fix it but killing the murderers will put a dent in it.
I'm not exactly au fait with prison population stats, but do murderers make up a large enough proportion to make a significant difference on prison crowding?
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