The U.S. has more people in jail than any other country. The General Accounting Office says the number of inmates has tripled since 1980. In this program, recorded in Colorado Springs, Angela Davis...
The U.S. has more people in jail than any other country. The General Accounting Office says the number of inmates has tripled since 1980. In this program, recorded in Colorado Springs, Angela Davis discusses how race, class and gender issues intersect with the drug war and the fast-growing prison industry.
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That is a racist comment barakHobama. It is people like you who reinforce the prison industrial complex. It is not about people behaving themselves it is about a governmental structure that will help some and not others. Most caucasians have access to many resources that are unavailable to many African Americans and Latino(a)s. You must be very ignorant to make a comment like that. This is the entire country's problem, not just one man's.
I think I understand most of this--some is still confusing. If it is cheaper to send someone to college or rehab---why does the gov send them to prison instead? I guess the gov profits from people being in prison, I just don't understand HOW. I mean, sure, the gov gets all that tax money to pay for the prisons---but they just spend it on the prisons, so how do they profit from that? I wish more people could hear this woman speak.
Until we dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex racism, class divisions and harsh sentencing for non-violent crimes will rage on. It's pretty absurd to think about how many people are in prison in this country. I'll guess that if we discontinued the War on Drugs the prison population would decrease by 20%. That's just one series of crimes. Educate, Rehabilitate ... don't incarcerate for petty non-violent offenses. Stop racial and class discrimination!!!
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C`mon Barak, get with the programme, tune in to the rest of the planet, and swim with the tide.
The good woman is right, the US penal system is a racially biased cash machine for a tiny minority of cold-hearted capitalists.
Good luck, and don`t give up!
If it is cheaper to send someone to college or rehab---why does the gov send them to prison instead? I guess the gov profits from people being in prison, I just don't understand HOW. I mean, sure, the gov gets all that tax money to pay for the prisons---but they just spend it on the prisons, so how do they profit from that?
I wish more people could hear this woman speak.