IF ONLY everyone in jail was a violent criminal. Reality is that the majority (74%) of the US prison population are in there for
non-violent offenses.
http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jspSex Offenses - 7%
Weapons, Explosives, Arson - 16%
Homicide, Aggravated Assault - 2.9%
26% there's your violent offendersand all the rest are non-violent, including
Drug Offenses - 48.5%
I was referring only to violent criminals, who make up 26% of the prison population. I don't think that anyone caught for smoking weed, should be jailed for 4 or 5 years. It is retarded to jail someone for drug offences. I don't have any issue with granting the right of conjugal visits for people jailed on offences such as tax evasion as well.