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Re: No Society in History Has imprisoned More Than USA
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twGCp
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Date: December 24, 2014 04:51PM
that's totally untrue until the "NY plaN" of a penal system and state jobs in a federally funded prison came about
at which point states began tripping over themselves to get fed prison money and build a prison world: a multi-billion dollar industry.
the real story of the horror of it, the result that gov workers needed to stalk citizens and stuff them in, was aired late 80's early 90's on 60 Minutes
> that's totally untrue until the "NY plaN" of a
> penal system and state jobs in a federally funded
> prison came about
>
> at which point states began tripping over
> themselves to get fed prison money and build a
> prison world: a multi-billion dollar industry.
>
> the real story of the horror of it, the result
> that gov workers needed to stalk citizens and
> stuff them in, was aired late 80's early 90's on
> 60 Minutes
>
>
> and it's a very true story
Not that it wouldn't surprise me, but do you have proof or a link to some proof on that?