ison and saves seventy thousand dollars for society if that criminal were to be on the street. So we come with a ratio of about 2.80:for every dollar it costs to imprison an inmate, so basically society saves almost three dollars for every crime averted. (Piehl, Dilulio, 4) the funny thing is that Piehl, and Dilulio found that "we spend more than 20 times as much to hold each prisoner as we do to supervise each community-based offender."(5) Personally I feel that non-violent crime offenders would do much better in a more palatable environment like a home, rather than costing taxpayers money. In a recent issue of Commentary, James Q. Wilson noted that "crack dealers do not have the same incapacitate effect as sentences for robbery, a drug dealer sent away is replaced by an new one because an opportunity has opened up." (Piehl, Dilulio, 4) This is a perfect example to show that drug offenders do not resolve their problems in jail; nun-the-less society does not solve the problem either.
             The most horrible and devious crime I recollect is the legislators who help make stiff penalties, such as three strikes and you're out, for LIFE. Oh yes, there is an eno
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