Expenditures for police protection, judicial and legal services and corrections activities has increased 366 percent from nearly $36 billion in 1982, said a report released Sunday by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report cites 2001 numbers.

Cost expand as Criminal Justice System expands.

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I've heard it said "You cannot govern a free people."

I've also heard that the US has more people incarcerated than any other country.

Is this freedom?

Could it be because we incarcerate so many of our people?