http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/5092/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_prison_population_largest_world <p>"When everything is illegal, everyone is a criminal." The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world—more even than China or Russia. Prof. Daniel J. D'Amico explains that as of 2010 more than 1.6 million people were serving jail sentences in America. Professor D'Amico suggests that "prisons are not what we think about when we think of America, and they shouldn't have to be." According to D'Amico, a free country should not have 1.6 million people in prison, and a fiscally responsible country cannot afford to. As Prof.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_prison_population_largest_world" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_prison_population_largest_world#comments federal government Incarceration Police State prison Self-Ownership victimless crime Video Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:14:57 +0000 Crotale 23072 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/safety_numbers_prison_population_statistics_ny_vs <p>In the last decade, New York drastically reduced its prison population and at the same time experienced a huge drop in crime. Indiana, on the other hand, drastically increased its prison population — and consequently the burden to taxpayers — while seeing a much smaller drop in crime than the national average.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/safety_numbers_prison_population_statistics_ny_vs#comments ACLU bureacracy Control Freaks freedom