Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Prison Song by System of a Down

Today's Metal Track is brought to you by System of a Down. This is the opening track off of their breakthrough album Toxicity. This song is an attack on the US's criminal justice policy and its "war on drugs" that has led to a rapid expansion of imprisonment over the past 30 years or so.

The main criticism is the over incarceration of petty drug offenders due mandatory minimum sentences while research has shown that these individuals would benefit more from treatment than from incarceration. This expansion of imprisonment has been very costly to tax payers. Money that might be better spent on treatment and education.

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