1 in 31 in US in prison, jail, probation or parole

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1 in 6 in Georgia. 1 in 22 in Texas.

'During the last 25 years prison and jail populations have grown 274 percent to 2.3 million in 2008, according to the Pew research, while those under supervision grew 226 percent over the same span to 5.1 million. '

Guess what happened in 1984 ? The 'war on drugs' and prisons for profit. Actually I think that began in 1982. What a nice scam. Build prisons, lobby for stiffer sentencing...and watch the cash roll in.

That whole prison for profit has always infuriated me as it's just a recipe for...well....this.

As you'll see in the article, it states the expansion does not have anything to do with crime trends but how states 'handle' perpetrators...ie 'sentencing' with many in prison that have no business being there.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...5215TW20090302

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urp

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fixed

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The Prison-industrial complex is one of the all-time terrible crimes inflicted on humanity. safety, justice, public well-being, prison has become a way to hook already rich people/corporations up with even more money. It's all about the ing Benjamins. And it's ing sickening.

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the current rate compares to one in 77 in 1982

The United States has the highest incarceration rate and the biggest prison population of any country in the world, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Penitentiary systems have been the fastest-growing spending area for states after Medicaid, the healthcare program for those with low income. Over the last 20 years their spending on criminal justice has increased more than 300 percent, the study found.

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Sometimes when I think about how this country has changed from since I was a young man, I think it deserves to fail.

I was listening to an interview with the guys that were recently rescued after being held by
FARK since 2003 and they said they didn't recognize America from just 6 years ago. But that may have been true no matter what. Imagine getting off the plane and being told a guy named Barack Hussein Obama was president of the US. I'm sure they went ...'who' ?
He wasn't even a US Sen in 2003.

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and they said they didn't recognize America from just 6 years ago.

As if Obama or Democrats had anything to do with the past six years of inept -ups.

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As if Obama or Democrats had anything to do with the past six years of inept -ups.

Fortunately, he's carrying on the tradition. Hip hip...hoorah !!