US Government Report Warns That Prisons May Be Making Us LESS Safe

http://www.businessinsider.com/doj-inspector-general-report-on-performance-challenges-2013-12

The Department of Justice's inspector general released a strongly worded report Friday finding the "crisis" in America's federal prison system poses a "critical threat" to the DOJ's ability to function.

The Bureau of Prisons took up about 20% of the DOJ's budget in 2001, but the BOP now eats up a full quarter of the budget, the report pointed out. The president's latest budget shows the total cost of "correctional activities" will continue to go up until 2018, according to the inspector general's report.

The inspector general said "the costs of the federal prison system continue to escalate, consuming an ever-larger share of the Department's budget with no relief in sight."