Hillary and Bill Clinton were the biggest supporters of &quot;tough on crime&quot; in the 1990s. Your premise falls flat accordingly. The Democrats also put huge numbers of people in prison with their participation in the war on drugs.<p>Bill Clinton&#x27;s presidency saw the most people added to the prison population of any president in US history. His tough on crime, tough on drugs policies successfully added roughly 650,000+ people to the prison numbers in just eight years. That&#x27;s a record that is unlikely to ever be topped.