Imprisonment or the Easy Life?

Now in an ideal world there would be no such thing as criminals and therefore no need for prisons. HA. We all know that's a complete and utter lie. As humans, we are prone to our fallacies and thus, crime will always exist. The problem with this is that we decide it is necessary to throw every single person who commits the most basic of crimes into a prison cell. Thus, there goes your tax money for Joe Schmo who sold a little weed. Note, weed is just a misdemeanor and is in no means a felony that should even be given jail time. What's ironic is that there is proof that there have been more deaths caused by tobacco and alcohol yet those two substances are legal. As humans, we are inclined to indulge. There is always some sort of substance that we might find ourselves more acclimated to. Whether it be tobacco, alcohol, meth, marijuana, or even a food addiction, our drug of choice varies per person. So when someone possess marijuana or sells marijuana are they truly harming anybody else? I would say in most cases no. Out of any sort of substance abuse out there, I firmly believe that it is the most tame. So why do people find it necessary to waste our prison cells by throwing in people who commit the most basic of misdemeanors?

I guess the logic is rather simple. You do something wrong, you should be "punished" for your wrongdoings. Ok, that logic is rather simple and easy to follow, and I'm not going to disagree with it. In this case though, who is the ones paying for someone's wrongdoings? Us loyal tax paying citizens are.

To me, prison time should be given to those who commit felonies if not more. Why are we wasting good taxpayer money on some guy who should probably just be given a fine and call it a day? It's completely unnecessary!! Furthermore, does jail time really rehabilitate a person? I'm not saying throw these lunatics loose and let them commit more heinous crimes, but according to what I've been told and how jails are run, they really are not doing much to change them for the better. If rehabilitation is not the biggest concern in jail then why even bother housing them? We're just providing free shelter and food for people who are the most undeserving of such. Of course, I would have to say that this is dependent upon the crime committed. I'm sure that someone convicted of stealing is not as big of a threat to society as a serial killer.

Which brings me to another point.. I am a firm believer of the death penalty for those deserved of such. The question is what is deemed as deserved of death? Well, the most heinous of crimes such as rape and murder are probably the most deserving of such. If someone has the audacity to take an innocent person's life, if not more than one life, then they do not deserve to have their life. I'm not gonna be the one to inject the killer, but if someone else is willing to get paid to do so, then by all means go ahead.

So stop wasting my money... Seriously... Stop wasting it on people that do not even deserve the time and attention..