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The Iron grip of the American Prison Industrial Complex (Original Post)
zebonaut
Apr 2015
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zeemike
(18,998 posts)1. It reminds me of a Tom Robbins quote.
"America had a crime problem and hired cops to deal with it...now they have a cop problem"
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. Right on the mark.
CrispyQ
(36,543 posts)3. It's 2 minutes, people. Watch it. Share it.
Great graphics. Great info.
However, I wish they would have added something about how much prisons are charging tax payers per prisoner, so people would get the 'for profit' connection. Still, off to share on my FB page.
msongs
(67,465 posts)4. brought to us by our president and congress, plus democrats at all lower levels nt
daleanime
(17,796 posts)6. bookmarked