Thank you ALEC! In terms of absolute numbers the US prison population increased 722% between 1970 and 2009. It has increased 405% between 1983 and 2009. The most glaring question is: why do governments keep granting control of things that effect us all (like law, rehabilitation, education, or our water, to mention only a few) to those who are sworn to serve the profit-margin? The answer is saddeningly simple: because their increased profits allow them to lobby and finance politicians to help them increase their profits. This includes keeping relatively mundane things (like marijuana) illegal and pushing for harsher sentencing. prison labor, which they use to produce merchandise to be sold for pennies on the dollar.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:37 +0000
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