PA Auditor General Jack Wagner wants the state to get non-violent offenders out of state prisons.

This is something reformers have been yelling about for years. Why put nonviolent offenders into an institution where not only does it cost more, you're practically guaranteeing that they come out as hardened criminals?

It's more than just the politics of law and order. Across the country, politicians and their cronies have invested heavily in the for-profit prison systems. The more people go to jail, the more money they make: