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The Iron grip of the American Prison Industrial Complex (Original Post) zebonaut Apr 2015 OP
It reminds me of a Tom Robbins quote. zeemike Apr 2015 #1
Right on the mark. valerief Apr 2015 #2
It's 2 minutes, people. Watch it. Share it. CrispyQ Apr 2015 #3
+1 daleanime Apr 2015 #5
brought to us by our president and congress, plus democrats at all lower levels nt msongs Apr 2015 #4
bookmarked daleanime Apr 2015 #6

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
1. It reminds me of a Tom Robbins quote.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:13 PM
Apr 2015

"America had a crime problem and hired cops to deal with it...now they have a cop problem"

CrispyQ

(36,543 posts)
3. It's 2 minutes, people. Watch it. Share it.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:23 PM
Apr 2015

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.

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