this is interesting. it is a break down of how many people are in federal prisons for what crimes. clearly the winner for what most people are in federal jails is for victimless drug war crimes. i was suprized at the second place winner which was for having weapons, explosives and arson. i shouldnt have been suprized about it and i suspect it is mostly for weapons and explosives with very few arsonists. my guess is the government afraid of people who have guns and explosives. that is despite the fact the the 2nd amendment says the government shall not infringe on the people right to bear arms. i also consider anyone convicted of a weapons or explosive charge a political prisoner convicted of a victimless crime. and the crime in third place is another victimless crime. my gosh that is immigration violations. isnt it amazing that if your released all the people in federal prisons for victimless crimes you would release 75% of the people in federal jails, and slash the size of the federal prisons to 25% also it looks like the feds are jailing a whole bunch of people for crimes in which they should be really jailed by state goverments for crimes such as: robbery, murder, burgulary, sex offenses, and kidnapping (yes i know bank robbery and kidnapping are federal crimes but they shouldnt be). if you removed these people from the federal prison system and the feds only jailed people for crimes which are clearly federal crimes such as counterfiting, spying (national security), and perhaps banking violations the federal prison size would shring to about ONE PERCENT of its current size and 99% of the people in federal prisons would be released. Original Article Types of Offenses back to top Drug Offenses: 88,578 (53.9 %) Weapons, Explosives, Arson: 21,082 (12.8 %) Immigration: 18,243 (11.1 %) Robbery: 10,024 ( 6.1 %) Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses: 6,768 ( 4.1 %) Extortion, Fraud, Bribery: 6,774 ( 4.1 %) Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses: 5,324 ( 3.2 %) Miscellaneous: 3,373 ( 2.1 %) Sex Offenses: 1,732 ( 1.1 %) Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement: 992 ( 0.6 %) Courts or Corrections: 698 ( 0.4 %) Continuing Criminal Enterprise: 602 ( 0.4 %) National Security: 104 ( 0.1 %)