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bravenak

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60. I really need to find out how much the are robbing us taxpayers for.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #59)

Wed Jun 3, 2015, 12:36 PM

Jun 2015

A college education (4 year at state) per prisoner per year. Every felon should have a BA at that price.

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40 reasons why our jails are full of Black and Poor people [View all] bravenak Jun 2015 OP

K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #1

I'd like to hear some presidential candidates talk about this and tell us what octoberlib Jun 2015 #2

Me too. bravenak Jun 2015 #6

What is your solution, or plan? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #75

End the failed and stupid drug war, ban private prisons, outlaw quotas and institute TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #107

Yep. All that bravenak Jun 2015 #112

Yup. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #78

Not going to happen. qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #81

I feel you. bravenak Jun 2015 #86

More examples in there gollygee Jun 2015 #3

Racism seems to be one of the biggest factors. bravenak Jun 2015 #4

+1000 ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #14

Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. Number23 Jun 2015 #87

Good piece. Here's some of it: cali Jun 2015 #5

Thank you. bravenak Jun 2015 #7

yeah, I figured that was it. cali Jun 2015 #19

Thanks for posting the OP despite the iPad problem. BeanMusical Jun 2015 #41

No problem. bravenak Jun 2015 #44

Thanks Cali. BeanMusical Jun 2015 #42

K&R Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #8

Very lucrative.nt bravenak Jun 2015 #11

Excellent article. And a lot of those causes could be easily ended. First of all those who are jwirr Jun 2015 #9

I agree. The mentally ill have gotten tossed in with everybody else. bravenak Jun 2015 #10

I am with you on all of this. Here on the reservation in MN many of those used to apply but in jwirr Jun 2015 #17

I was glad to see the people of Ferguson vote out some of their council members. bravenak Jun 2015 #18

In the mean time we here on DU could work together to contact our legislators about issues like jwirr Jun 2015 #22

That is a great idea. bravenak Jun 2015 #24

Accurate account, and this one freaks me out all the time. One reads these stories Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #12

We throw people away like garbage. bravenak Jun 2015 #15

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #13

Thank you! bravenak Jun 2015 #16

Marking for later read underpants Jun 2015 #20

There's a lot to take in. It goes deep. Where to start? KittyWampus Jun 2015 #21

I know. bravenak Jun 2015 #23

i think the place to start is with the for profit prison industry questionseverything Jun 2015 #76

Works for me!! bravenak Jun 2015 #82

In CA, we've started a few things. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #35

A great piece on HuffPo (as good as some of them used to be) erronis Jun 2015 #25

I know what you mean about Huffpo. bravenak Jun 2015 #26

IMO Mr Dixon Jun 2015 #27

Racism and money. bravenak Jun 2015 #28

SAD Mr Dixon Jun 2015 #30

From the article.. sums it up nicely. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #29

+1 bravenak Jun 2015 #31

Prisons for profit fadedrose Jun 2015 #32

It's evil. :( bravenak Jun 2015 #33

There is zero incentive to stop this practice. The jails and prisons are being filled in the new Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #34

I keep saying 'prison is the new slavery'. bravenak Jun 2015 #36

The white descendants of the slave owners never gave up their family's vengeance. The east india Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #37

I agree. They are not able to let go of the hate. bravenak Jun 2015 #38

A few years ago qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #105

I agree with this. bravenak Jun 2015 #111

Those stats are just sad and horrible LittleGirl Jun 2015 #39

Yes. We have to find better ways to deal with the mentally ill and drug abusers. bravenak Jun 2015 #40

it is most definately. LittleGirl Jun 2015 #61

I better hear something from our candidates about social and economic injustice Rex Jun 2015 #43

Agreed. I'm waiting. But not patiently. bravenak Jun 2015 #45

You only need one: $$$$ blackspade Jun 2015 #46

And race. Race seems to trump money. bravenak Jun 2015 #47

Your point is well taken. blackspade Jun 2015 #50

I hope it makes a difference. bravenak Jun 2015 #51

We may be coming at it from different angles, but... blackspade Jun 2015 #54

Perfect! bravenak Jun 2015 #55

:) blackspade Jun 2015 #62

Well, this nation has a very bad case... Oilwellian Jun 2015 #56

I keep hoping they'll just evaporate and let us live. bravenak Jun 2015 #57

A fee for public defenders? d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #48

Ain't that some shit? bravenak Jun 2015 #49

In sum, we jail our race, mental health, and poverty problems Yavin4 Jun 2015 #52

Basically. bravenak Jun 2015 #53

And we do this for profit, in a supposedly an advanced nation. What a disgrace & injustice. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #58

Except for the ones 'we' kill. cui bono Jun 2015 #70

Yep. Domestic and abroad. Yavin4 Jun 2015 #72

Thanks for this article exposing more of US corruption and decline. What a horrible and appalachiablue Jun 2015 #59

I really need to find out how much the are robbing us taxpayers for. bravenak Jun 2015 #60

Plundering taxpayers for exec. salaries and $ for corrupt complicit pols, legislators, appalachiablue Jun 2015 #63

Thank you for the link. bravenak Jun 2015 #64

Thanks for the good read. lovemydog Jun 2015 #65

I agree. I'm starting to become one too. bravenak Jun 2015 #66

I first heard the term from looking up the director of Selma. lovemydog Jun 2015 #68

I'm highly impressed by Ava Duvernay's work 'Selma' and what I've read and seen of her. appalachiablue Jun 2015 #109

Me too appalachiablue. Selma is such a great movie. lovemydog Jun 2015 #110

Thank you for that... qwlauren35 Jun 2015 #106

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #67

Though this isn't just a racial component, the privatization of our prisons cui bono Jun 2015 #69

Yes. Prison keeps families poor. bravenak Jun 2015 #71

Thank You! n/t Sissyk Jun 2015 #73

Welcome!nt bravenak Jun 2015 #74

Thanks for the article, bravenak. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #77

The comment section is always evil. bravenak Jun 2015 #83

I have to agree with you, sheshe2 Jun 2015 #84

At least people aren't pretending nothing is wrong anymore. bravenak Jun 2015 #85

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2015 #79

K&R Thank you for posting. myrna minx Jun 2015 #80

Fantastic piece! I'm so glad you posted it! scarletwoman Jun 2015 #88

Thank you. I feel the same way. bravenak Jun 2015 #89

It appears to me that one of the root problems is the racism of the police. scarletwoman Jun 2015 #90

The end of your post was just what I was thinking this morning BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #91

"They can pull all of this off because no one is looking." Exactly! scarletwoman Jun 2015 #97

Thank you for posting this article BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #92

That is my problem too. bravenak Jun 2015 #93

Yes, because police departments have local control BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #94

I agree. We have to come at it from many directions. bravenak Jun 2015 #95

Kick! Agschmid Jun 2015 #96

K&R libodem Jun 2015 #98

Most in prison haven't had a trial and were encouraged to plea bargain, lovemydog Jun 2015 #99

+1 bravenak Jun 2015 #100

Kick octoberlib Jun 2015 #101

Bravo, bravenak, for linking this article! chervilant Jun 2015 #102

It was a great article. bravenak Jun 2015 #104

K&R me b zola Jun 2015 #103

Good post! I hate how the police are so out of control. nt Logical Jun 2015 #108

Thanks. Me too. bravenak Jun 2015 #113