U.S. Prison Population Has Grown 27 Times Faster Than the Rate of Population Growth
In America, there is a rush to lock people away in cages, evidenced by the prison population in this country. America has 5 percent of the world’s 
population and 25 percent of the world’s prisoner’s, and it’s not getting any better.
AllGov reports:
Driven by an ever-escalating “war on drugs,” the number of federal prisoners incarcerated in the United States has increased by ten times in just 30 years—27 times faster than the rate of population growth. According to a report released by the Urban Institute, the federal prison population stands at about 218,000 and is adding nearly 10,000 prisoners every year.
And this is the land of the free?
Kulture Kritic reported yesterday the story of Stephanie George, whose boyfriend hid crack cocaine in her attic, and now she’s spending life behind bars. Sadly, these cases of non-violent offenders being locked away for life are nothing new.
Meanwhile, HSBC bank was just found to have laundered 800 million dollars in drug money and, of course, no one went to jail. Men and women, disproportionately black and brown, are locked away for life for minor drug offenses, meanwhile executives who launder hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money see no jail time. This only proves that there are two sets of laws in America - one for working class people and one for the rich.
What’s behind the push to lock people up? Private prisons are making huge profits by putting people behind bars and cutting back on prison operating expenses, such as medical care and food. Regrettably, no one in Washington D.C. views this as a problem. They’re too busy debating the fabricated crisis known as the fiscal cliff to fight for ordinary people.
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We all know, even law enforcement has admitted, this has never been a war on drugs. This has been a politically instigated war on poor inner city people. One arrest every 6 seconds for marijuana but the majority of marijuana smokers have always been White and they are NOT the ones being locked up every 6 seconds. !.9 billion in drug money laundered by HSB bank but not one person went to jail. One pound of cocaine and you might get one year. One ounce of crack and you get mandatory 10 years or more. A 4 trillion dollar joke on the people but nobody is laughing. Shame on all of us for playing their game. RICH–bail bondsmen, RICH–lawyers, RICH—privatized jail staff, RICH—Judges, Politicians,Lobbyist. Locked up—poor people!
These pigs are the real dope dealers and gun slingers!!! They bring that shyt in our communities, and then kill the brothers that buy that shyt from them. This is why they murder them because they’re afraid those young brothers would SNITCH on them.
When are negroids gonna wake up, and see we are dealing with demonic demonized devils?
It’s amazing how these crackers, who deal meth, crack and pills, always get sent home to their mammy, but a Black youth get sent to prison!!!
THEY ENSLAVED US FOR FREE LABOR, NOW THEY ARE INCARCERATING US FOR FREE LABOR!!!
An author wrote a good book about this issue: THE NEW JIM CROW. We now live in a society that values locking people up for petty nonsense…for profits…more than helping folks, giving health care, or funding our schools, etc. It is the MONEY….greed for money. “THE WAR ON DRUGS” is part of the scam.
That author explains how the system has turned into a way to earn profits for those who invest in “privatized prisons.” From the cops on the streets to the Prosecutors and Judges …there is a lot of involvement in keeping poor folks…mostly Blacks and Latinos locked up. And they do exploit the prisoners for free labor too. The U.S. locks up more people for ‘non violent violations” than any other society in the world. It is an embarrassment and disgrace….the criminals are actually the ones running the corrupt system.
Here is a video that describes the problem of the billion dollar prison complex business in the U.S.
THIS IS ONE BUSINESS THAT IS BOOMING in the “Recession.”
http://youtu.be/vN8ocY28V84
There are thousands of innocent people who have been locked up too…
This is sad listen to me explain a deeper story on YouTube…. Scro- senseless Or you can search the channel Bruce lee roy