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Originally Posted by CosmicPal
Oh, but they do. It all started in the 80's with the Mandatory Minimum Sentencing. In the 1980s, the Reagan administration launched its own war on drugs. An average of one person every 38 seconds was arrested for violating marijuana laws.
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Seriously, they're not making net revenues off of prisoners. Prison-based industries can't be more than a few percent of the costs. I can see the importation of federal tax dollars as being significant, but even that wouldn't be enough to cover the costs other than the cases where a state prison is importing prisoners from other states.