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Bernie Sanders says more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than in China. How do you think he knows that? You can't believe any stats the Chinese publicize. I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in China. The Chinese execute and incarcerate far more people than we do.
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Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World
The US incarcerates more people - both per capita and by sheer numbers - than any other nation on earth. Our prisons are inhumane hellholes, and private pris...
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The funding of Prisons vs Schools :
1.) The states that spend more money on prisoners than college students
By Christopher Ingraham
July 7, 2016 at 9:40 AM
“Prison spending is still a fraction of overall pre-K through 12 education spending: States spend $71 billion on prisons and $534 billion on schools each year. But that combined state and local prison budget is now over an eighth the size of the school budget.Jul 7, 2016”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/the-states-that-spend-more-money-on-prisoners-than-college-students/
2.) Education vs prison costs
http://money.cnn.com/infographic/economy/education-vs-prison-costs/
3.) Report: Increases in Spending on Corrections Far Outpace Education
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/report-increases-spending-corrections-far-outpace-education
1.) The states that spend more money on prisoners than college students
By Christopher Ingraham
July 7, 2016 at 9:40 AM
“Prison spending is still a fraction of overall pre-K through 12 education spending: States spend $71 billion on prisons and $534 billion on schools each year. But that combined state and local prison budget is now over an eighth the size of the school budget.Jul 7, 2016”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/the-states-that-spend-more-money-on-prisoners-than-college-students/
2.) Education vs prison costs
http://money.cnn.com/infographic/economy/education-vs-prison-costs/
3.) Report: Increases in Spending on Corrections Far Outpace Education
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/report-increases-spending-corrections-far-outpace-education
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Prison labor and modern slavery
SOURCE :
https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/
End slavery in the U.S. prison and detention industry
SOURCE :
https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/
April 26, 2017
Legalized Slavery in the United States Implemented Through the “Justice” System
by Courtney McGinn, an LLM student at Texas Law, concentrating in Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law, and member of the 2016-2017 Working Paper Series Editorial Committee.
SOURCE :
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects/legalized-slavery-in-the-united-states-implemented-through-the-justice-system/
Democrats introduce legislation to strike slavery exception in 13th Amendment
Tal Axelrod
12/2/2020
SOURCE :
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-introduce-legislation-to-strike-slavery-exception-in-13th-amendment/ar-BB1bzvfy?ocid=sf
SOURCE :
https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/
End slavery in the U.S. prison and detention industry
SOURCE :
https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/
April 26, 2017
Legalized Slavery in the United States Implemented Through the “Justice” System
by Courtney McGinn, an LLM student at Texas Law, concentrating in Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law, and member of the 2016-2017 Working Paper Series Editorial Committee.
SOURCE :
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects/legalized-slavery-in-the-united-states-implemented-through-the-justice-system/
Democrats introduce legislation to strike slavery exception in 13th Amendment
Tal Axelrod
12/2/2020
SOURCE :
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-introduce-legislation-to-strike-slavery-exception-in-13th-amendment/ar-BB1bzvfy?ocid=sf
Prison labor and modern slavery
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