Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by jisaacstone on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:34PM (#9577458)

OK I feel compelled to tell you that the 99% white billionare thing is incorrect. USA does have the most billionares but they are not all white and also China is currently in the #2 spot with India in #4.

Also if you are referring to the proplem of private prisons I do agree it's probably not a good thing but since less than 1/5 of prisons are privately run I don't think it is the main cause of the problem.

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by anukulrm on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @02:55PM (#9578377)

Yes, only 1/5 of the prisons, but it could still be that they wield a lot more influence than that figure suggests. There aren't very many lobbying for the imprisoned, so an organized private lobby of even a small number of private prisons might be enough to shift the scales significantly.

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