Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Prisons and law enforcement in general is big business. It means jobs.

There have been a number of documentaries on this fact, and show plenty of counties around the country where the locals have had 'side deals' with judges and sheriffs to help fill up jails, prisons, and young detention. This is not news.

If the U.S. government was really interested in cost cutting and change, I can assure you the cost of treating some crack head is a lot less expensive then locking someone up for 1-20 years at $40,000.00 per head.