Jails / Prisons : These facts about prisons will scare you

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

In the Spirit of the Cement Jungle,



These facts about prisons will scare you


President Obama spoke out against mass incarceration recently, but it’s hard to fathom that even a voice as loud as the president’s can keep people away from the greatest source of profitable labor since slavery ...





http://financialjuneteenth.com/these-facts-about-prisons-will-scare-the-sht-out-of-you/

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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The Breakdown of the Black Family

Any attempt to address mass incarceration has to begin with an effort to tackle crime—and the social conditions linked to its rise



With the publication of “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” Ta-Nehisi Coates has added an elegant and forceful voice to the growing frustration with the inefficacy and injustice of America’s criminal-justice system. Mandatory-sentencing laws, the War on Drugs, juvenile-justice sentences that seem to do more to create than deter criminals, racial arrest and sentencing disparities: All are ready for a tough national cross-examination ...


http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ncomfortable-history/408733/?utm_source=yahoo

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