re: #221 Obdicut

Heh. Some really stupid Aryan nation guys did approach him while he was in there.

My wife’s cousin, like her, is 1/4 Romany. So he doesn’t like neo-Nazis that much.

He was able to skate through without having to throw in with anyone, but only by dint of stopping his work in the kitchen and getting into a cell by himself in the more-secure area of the prison.

The gang problem, and the physical safety problem, are enormous. However, akin to what you say, the problem really lies before they even get to prison, in the reasons why they get there— the dumbass drug war.

It’s all dispiriting and frustrating.

When it comes to drug prohibition, I could side with the craziest libertarian in the room. (Except that he would want drugs sold, and I would give them away through the single-payer med insurance program until the market is destroyed.)