Up the Ridge

This one-hour documentary which offers viewers an in-depth look at the United States prison industry and the social impact of moving hundreds of thousands of inner-city minority offenders to distant rural outposts.

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News & Politics

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• appalshop
• prison
• jail
• justice
• crime
• racism
• prejudice
• holler
• to
• the
• hood
• h2h
• nick
• szuberla
• amelia
• kirby

[incoherentnickle]

To me its kind of insulting to discuss the prison system with the "well, most offenders....." argument. They are PEOPLE regardless of things they have done. Even if the "majority" of them deserve to rot, are you really willing to mistreat some to punish many? What kind of message does that send? Besides, the prison population is about 2 million people. Meaning if only 10% are getting mistreated, that's 200,000 people. Don't turn people into percentages.

[thousandkitesproject]

He was in prison for minor drug possession and had four months left on his sentence when he committed suicide at the Wallens-Ridge Correctional facility in Virginia. (Note the state of CT settled with the Tracy family for his death!) There are reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty Intl., and the F.B.I. which all counter your statemet that all inmates are long-term detaineess with life sentences.

[TheDurham41]

@OneJusticeSeeker yeah good luck with that

[megaspartacus1963]

my husband is there william songer#1199357 i love you william,

[megaspartacus1963]

william songer my husband is here.

[OneJusticeSeeker]

yes, accepting more prisoners and building more prisons for profit!!! To lock us all up on way or another folks, think about it. We need you to join us at The Community Restoration Tour. We can be tough and smart on crime at the same time by building people not prisons.

[dombrassey]

Nice coverage. Thank you.

[safetyofroutine]

Private prisons often rip off prisoners and I have proof. The CCA, of which my brother Jerry is forced to accept, charges for their pillows, shoes, allows only 60 cents' worth of expense per meal and other nonsense. Often the guards are not professionally prepared, and there seems to be a line of "good folks" out there who want to rip off the incarcerated. Say what you want about what the inmates have done, and I'll agree with you, but we have to stop treating them like animals or worse.

[graemebacque]

Based on the comments here, it's the 'fine, upstanding citizens' of the world that I wouldn't want to turn my back on. Shit la merde, but the world's gotten bloodthirsty! No wonder our species is on the verge of ripping its own collective throat out.

[thousandkitesproject]

According to a Wall Street Journal Article VI will be taking in new prisoners from PA and MI. There are currently prisoners at Wallens Ridge from the Virgin Islands, part of a crass 'prisoner renting' scheme.

[OneJusticeSeeker]

and Virginia is accepting more prisoners???!!!!

[dnorLOL]

Hey DHolly, your buddy Alphonso Bennet is a FUCKING CHILD RAPIST, and is in RED ONION now, so stfu.