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If America is such A FREE COUNTRY...How come we have the largest PRISON POPULATION IN THE WORLD??
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 306075:MV82OTMwMDJfMTA1OTA5MTdfMjEzQkVFRjA=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 306075] We have 2.5 million prisoners! More than Russia, China, India... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison#Prisons_by_country from wiki: According to the U.S. Department of Justice, as of June 30, 2007, American prisons and jails held 2,299,116 inmates.[10] [b]In recent decades the U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandated sentences that came about during the "war on drugs." Violent crime and property crime have declined since the early 1990s.[/b][11] WAR ON DRUGS + PRIVATE PRISONS = $$$$$$ per Body held there. PLUS... THEY CAN FARM OUT THERE LABOR TO PRIVATE INDUSTRIES TO BOOT!! http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Interim/1998/comminfo/inmate/final.htm INGENOIUSLY EVIL GREAT article here http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8289 [/quote] Sorry. sp. PLUS... THEY CAN FARM OUT [b]THEIR [/b]LABOR TO PRIVATE INDUSTRIES TO BOOT!! [/quote]
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We have 2.5 million prisoners!
More than Russia, China, India...
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