Originally Posted by Failed

Waste money? Seriously, take an economics course. Our entire legal system, the prison system included, is a huge revenue/job source to our economy. Construction to build and maintain the prisons, huge farms and food distributors dedicated to supplying those meals, soaps, linens, electricity, etc., etc. It's like selling our product to small colonies all across the U.S.

Yes, we the tax payer pay for those items, which pay our salaries and employ our people.

You think too small.