The federal government has to build one prison per month and this is an indefinite trend. From August of 1996 to December of 1996 the federal government added 2,500 inmates for an all time high of nearly 107,000 people. This country has become the world's leading jailer. It is time to stop the war on drugs - you are gulaging the United States and have not begun to solve the drug problem in America. This is utterly ridiculous.
Most drug offenders are non-violent and most are first time offenders.
There is no end in sight to drug arrests because this is Prohibition all over again. You cannot build prisons fast enough, because the hard line, lock 'em up and throw away the key type policies are a failure. Vast sums of money are being diverted that would be better spent on education and vital social services. It is time for a change. After the Vietnam war, dissenters were given amnesty.