We rely on our prison systems to keep us safe. We want prisoners to both be punished and rehabilitated. But what if prisons are used to implement government policy to such an extent that the U.S.A., big on Democracy and Freedom, becomes the worlds largest prison state. Read about the Incarceration Nation. That would be us. Fact check it. I think this article is conservative in that I believe that there are more like 2 million incarcerated at any one time in our prisons.

Add to this that the Innocence Project has clearly shown that innocent people are a significant percentage of this prison population, and things get to be a little scary. They estimate that 2.3 to 5% of the prison population in the U.S. is factually innocent. That works out to be 20,000 people for each 1%. I believe I have that right. Fact check it.

Well, it is a bit more terrifying now. And with out police acting out such as in Ferguson and becoming more militarized every day and the uneasiness rises a few more notches. The bottom line is that Criminal Defense Attorneys are worth their weight in gold. Don't ever speak to the police without an attorney present.

There are horror stories such as the facility in Chicago at the Homan Square Facility. Well, a horror story to us because such places are illegal in this country and the authorities are running it! That place should be removed from the map (legally).

This is not the system I was led to believe existed when I was taught our political system so long ago. It is the reason that aggressive litigators are needed more than ever on the side of the individual. Never face the State or it's System alone.