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In article <ccurtis.855937046@ee.fit.edu>,
Christopher Curtis <ccurtis@ee.fit.edu> wrote:
>
>Few questions for you:
>  What is the total prison population in the US?
>  (Hint: The US incarceration::population ratio is the highest in the world)
>  How much does it cost to keep 26% of those convicted?
>  (Is it still ~$20k/year/person?)

I'll pay taxes to keep them in jail.

>  How much prison space is available versus those in prison?
>  (Are prisons at or above capacity?)

Who cares.  Only a few years ago, the Tower dorms at OSU had
4 people per room, 16 per suite -worse than most jails!  Now
you don't know what I'm talking about, but probably most OSU
people do :)   

>  What is the most logical solution to this set of problems?

Clear out the death row inmates.

>  (Your choices:
>    Increase prison space [that ratio isn't high ENOUGH]
>                          [of course we have money to burn ... what debt?]

The amount it costs to build a few more prisons is a lot less than
some of the ways the Gov't is wasting our tax money.
Just listen to Nightly News with my buddy Tom Brokaw.

>    Release violent offenders [current overcrowding 'solution']
>    Release nonviolent offenders [POWs, victims of the War of Drugs])

POW's my ass.  Don't degrade the acronym by trying to associate it
with the scum suckers who are in for selling drugs or committing
crimes while on them.  Have a little respect.

>Please feel free to use fact to back up your assertions.

Nobody has any facts here.  All we have is our opinions.



Steve