Over-criminalization is a huge problem and the topic in general ties in very well with your contribution on the prison-industrial complex and the use of prison (slave) labor in the U.S. For those who are interested, it can be found here.
An insidious aspect to this problem is that if someone in government with power wants somebody's life to be hell, there are countless ways to achieve that using laws or regulations, that is why it is called "throwing the book" at someone, because there is so much people don't know is illegal, it is possible to get anybody for something.
Nice to hear from you again. Thanks for linking to my post I did on prisons and slave labor. :)
Was traveling around for a few weeks and am catching up on my reading today and working on some posts I was jotting down in a notebook while I was away. Good to be back!