Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by arethuza on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @07:31AM (#9575608)

I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Correctional_Peace_O...

So they lobby to increase prison terms and to "enforce current drug laws". I suppose they should have the right to do that, but it still seems a bit odd to me!

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by maxerickson on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @09:52AM (#9576276)

There are about 1/2 million correctional officers in the US:

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/correctional-offic...

So they might be able to have quite some impact by lobbying and voting as a block, but they are not a big enough body to swing votes against a meaningful majority.

(your link states that union has ~31,000 members, California had about 17.5 million registered voters in the Nov 2014 election)

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @09:46AM (#9576243)

Yes, they do have a right to do that. NAMBLA also has that same right. I also have the right to call them both a cancer to society.

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by zyx321 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @08:29AM (#9575826)

>enforce current drug laws

That reads to me like it could mean "outlaw medical marijuana."

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