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jade3000

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2. Agreed, definitely a good read

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 01:18 PM

Dec 2012

Basically the U.S. prison is a terrible solution to a large scale job & skills problem. Instead of training and employing a broad working class, we send millions to prisons & jails and then employ hundreds of thousands to watch them.

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Dillard lecturer sees parallels between mass incarceration and Jim Crow: Jarvis DeBerry [View all] Blue_Tires Nov 2012 OP

Great read Blue_Tires pipewrench Nov 2012 #1

Agreed, definitely a good read jade3000 Dec 2012 #2

ReallY? bgraham Dec 2012 #7

Average person commits a felony every day, 700% increase in the prison population since 1940. jade3000 Dec 2012 #8

Mass Incarceration=Job security. NOLALady Dec 2012 #3

Simple truths about Mass Incarceration randykearse Dec 2012 #4

"a large amount of black are mentally incarcerated" NOLALady Dec 2012 #5

What are the stats there_is_no_spoon Dec 2012 #6

Post link please jade3000 Dec 2012 #9