I too am flabbergasted that the country with the highest per capita incarceration rate on the planet would.... oh wait.. no I'm not.

My already high respect level for Roger now goes up a few more notches. Way to stay principled Roger!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry - the agent was upset at what Roger said, so he decided to prove him 1000% correct about what happens to people who talk about past agency abuse...that's the exact same reason they were mad at Koresh. I guess we can at least be thankful they didn't call in the tanks this time.

Statists gonna state.

Well a good 70% of that is related to the failed (but very profitable) war on drugs.  The US non-drug inmate population is comparable (albeit still higher) than many other first world countries. 

You got to remember that there is lots of money in domiciling non-violent drug offenders, harden criminals not so much.  The ROI% on profit-prisons is much higher (as a % of inmate population) the more non-violent offenders you can pack in.

Fixed! I was thinking about his sister, Erica, and her big...

Intellect?