Interview - Silja Talvi - The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System

[fufeds]

This journalist is right on the money and people of this country need to realize the drug laws are so ridiculously harsh. I have been a licensed health care provider for 14 yrs., own my home, typical middle class citizen until I was indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges. Although not convicted yet, which I have learned if involved in a federal case, conspiracy laws are written so broadly, they are nearly impossible to beat, I am facing 10 yrs in prison.

[fodabonita]

i would love a profit run prison, we can have fights to the death like the old days. being friends with judges and police officers, I really have nothing to worry about. I think marijuana should be legalized, but for now it's illegal. people break the law, it's simple, follow the rules and if you don;t like them, get a petition and get it on a ballad and cast a vote to change the rules. the prison system is a waste, the criminals are broken people, a bullet is cheaper than a jail cell..

[starmanskye]

@fodabonita -- Gotcha -- You're friends with psychopaths who Lord the system. The biggest, worst offender criminals wear robes and badges, rig the game with fraud elections, 'buy' the Corporate offices and board seats, command the armies, run Banks and write trillion-dollar checks the serf public ends up paying for, and paying for, and paying for ... Military-Corporate Demockery is the biggest scam ever, it rewards the heartless. Fuck You.

[mmckay186]

we need more people like this to start speaking out..we are turning into a police state..and you better help do something before ths happens to you or somebody you know..Once your in the system, its hard to get out and yes, it dose effect your family and well as the person doing time...

[Jeenyus1983]

@mmckay186 No doubt bro-been there- once you get caught up in their web-its only a matter of time before they have you wrapped up and put away!

[CombatDaggers]

do people actually go to prison JUST for drug use there?

that doesnt happen in australia

[fieldthrasher]

It's an industry here. Prisons are being privatized and run for profit.

[dfthompson]

A cop can frame 40 people, have them sent to jail and, when found out the cop receives probation!? I don't think the people in authority in this country are even trying to hide their injustice anymore.

[colibri1]

Another sign of the complete Reaganization of the US.

[augustharper]

Corporate feudalism!

[VeiledGlory]

What she said about prisoners being shipped to Oklahoma is true. The conditions are deplorable! And OK has one of the highest incarceration rates (for their own population) in the country.