Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
Because we've monitized the justice system.
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
Not to mention our draconian drug laws....
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John Thomas8
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
"I'M TOUGH ON CRIME" screams a multitude of sleezeball judges, DAs and politicians.
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Dave from down under
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
It sounds more acceptable “justice system” than slavery.
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
It hits the Republican trifecta: racism, authoritarianism, and crony capitalism.
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Sam the Centipede
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Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Insanely Large Prison Population?
After the abolition of legal slavery, didn't southern states pass laws to actively target Black folk with minor charges and excessive sentences to create a pool of captive labor which could be forced to work unpaid in their farms and plantations, slaves by another name?Dave from down under wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:04 pm It sounds more acceptable “justice system” than slavery.
Are the excessively long sentences (relative to most of the rest of the free world) perhaps partially a hangover from this?
Of course other factors apply to.