I mean, we have more people in prison in this country than any other nation in the world, including despotic regimes. We have more non-violent offenders in jail than any other nation.

You guys are telling me we can’t incarcerate these 600 guys because they are so scary? But the dude who shot and ate his neighbors is not?

Please.

The criminal justice system kept mass murderer John Gacy safely contained for the 14 years between the date of his conviction and the date of his execution, and the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin kept the public perfectly safe from serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer until the day he was clubbed to death inside the prison.

And while no one in their right minds would consider Gacy or Dahmer “common criminals”, even those horrific examples pale in comparison to sheer number of genuine monsters the United States has kept securely under lock and key for years at the the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum (Supermax) Facility in Florence, Colorado.

A partial list of Florence’s current and former residents includes;

Ramzi Yousef: 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspirator, convicted and serving a life term.

Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski: Domestic terrorist, serving life.

Omar Abdel-Rahman: “The Blind Sheik” involved in 1993 World Trade Center bombing, now prisoner #34892-054.

Mahmud Abouhalima: Prisoner #28064-054. 1993 World Trade Center bombing implication. Serving 240 years in prison with no possibility of parole.

Eric Rudolph: cop-killer, domestic terrorist and anti-gay/anti-abortion Wingnut Hero First Class, now serving two consecutive life terms without parole (murdering a police officer) and three consecutive life terms (Atlanta bombings). Prisoner #18282-058.

Mohammad Salameh: 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Matthew Hale: White supremacist leader, convicted of soliciting the murder of a federal judge. The World Church of the Creator’s Reichfuhrer is now know as 15177-424.

Ahmad Ajaj: 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Serving a 115-year sentence.

Timothy McVeigh: America’s top domestic terrorist was #12076-064 and kept safe and sound in a deep, dark hole at Florence until he was executed on June 11, 2001.

Wadih el-Hage: 1998 United States embassy bombings now serving life without parole.

David Lane: Another home-grown wingnut Neo-Nazi hero who was involved in the murder of Alan Berg and was inmate l12873-057 until the day he died.

Zacarias Moussaoui: 9/11 hijacking plotter and prisoner #51427-054.

Terry Nichols: Oklahoma City bombing conspirator and mass-murderer now inmate #08157-031. Doing 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.

Richard Reid: Thought he could blow up a plane with a shoe, and will now rot in prison until the end of his life.

So enough with the infantile lies and fearmongering bullshit.