Friday, January 9, 2015

The Prison State Of America: More Jails Than Colleges

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-09/prison-state-america-more-jails-colleges.


As we recently noted, The Prison State of America is alive and well as our prison-industrial complex, which holds 2.3 million prisoners, or 25 percent of the world’s prison population, makes money by keeping prisons full. While the statistics are mind-boggling, we thought it particularly ironic that on the day when President Obama officially launched his "free community-college for all" plan, that we point out there are more jails than colleges in America... and here's where they live...

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