Between 1972 and 2009, the U.S. prison population grew by almost 700%. But in 2024 it has come down to around 1.25 million. It's still a lot. But at least now, people are realizing that we have an overabundance of lifers in our prisons and too many with insanely long sentences that are wasting taxpayer money and robbing reformed people of any chance of experiencing a renewed life.
March 7, 2025
Surprisingly, Indiana has the most individuals serving life sentences in the nation, ballooning the cost of incarceration for taxpayers, and ignoring the fact that many in their 70s and 80s are not a threat to society. The fact that we continue to imprison the elderly—far past the likelihood of returning to a life of crime—is an affront to common sense as much as it is to Judeo-Christian values.
March 21, 2024
While there is a push by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give life sentences to people who commit 'speech crimes,' there is a large contingent of people with mental issues in our prisons and jails, who need help, but how? (Probably not LIFE imprisonment.)
