Daily Archives: February 22, 2012

Link “State prisons have a 96% occupancy rate, while federal prisons are at almost 140% of capacity. And the prison population [is] growing at 5% annually. The market potential also remains huge, with only 8% of prisons privatized so far.” … Continue reading →

Link The newest member of the San Francisco Police Department drools a little when he gets excited.

Mark A.R. Kleiman has an excellent OpEd in The American Interest: Triage in the Drug War In particular, Kleiman’s analysis of the falsehoods and fallacies of the drug war really hits the mark. Certainly, he has a more optimistic view … Continue reading →