It absolutely is. It's the justification given for the ramping up of the drug war in the 80s and the crime bill in the 90s that made the US the largest prison s

It absolutely is. It's the justification given for the ramping up of the drug war in the 80s and the crime bill in the 90s that made the US the largest prison system in the world both relative to the population and absolute numbers. When you hear "think of the children," run. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2page1.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2... https://www.vox.com/2015/10/11/9497161/incarceration-history https://www.vox.com/2015/10/11/9497161/incarceration-history