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| Prisons are filled with nonviolent drug offenders |
| By sanduskyregister.com |
| Published: 08/14/2015 |
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We read that prisons in this country are filled to capacity because legislators want to show they're tough toward use of illicit drugs. With approximately 5 percent of the world's population, the United States has roughly 25 percent of the world's prison population — about half of whom are drug offenders. We taxpayers pay dearly for keeping multitudes of even nonviolent drug culprits behind bars for long periods. The demographics demonstrate the self-defeating nature of the practice (The Progressive Populist, Aug. 15, 2015). One pundit with the Institute for Policy Studies boldly recommends shorter mandatory minimum sentences for first-time and nonviolent drug offenders. This sensible suggestion should be a subject for general discussion. Read More. |
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