America’s Prisons Are Overflowing With 'The Lowest Fruit In Drug Conspiracies'

Human Rights Watch's new report on plea bargains has a disturbing explanation for why the federal prison in America population has swelled to such a ridiculous degree since 1980.

Between 1980 and 2013, the number of jailed federal drug defendants rose from 4,749 to 100,026 — more than 2,000%. As of this fall, according to HRW, 50.1% of all federal prisoners were doing time for drugs.

The ugly truth some people don't realize is many of these drug dealers are the lowest guys on the totem pole who didn't have info they could trade for a favorable plea agreement.

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