Prison Reform

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.11
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.11

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U.S. Addicted to Enslavement for Profit

by Vicky Pelaez

 

The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery? The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery? by Vicky Pelaez Human rights org…anizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation in the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million – mostly Black and Hispanic – are working for various industries for a pittance. For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold. They don’t have to worry about strikes or paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells.

 

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#BlackLivesMatter 5.25

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How Prisons Rip Off and Exploit the Incarcerated (1/2)

Eddie Conway and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discuss the forms of slavery and exploitation thriving in today’s U.S. prison system –   January 4, 15

Source: therealnews.com

Enslavement never ended in the U.S. 


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Stanford research discovers whites support harsher laws when they perceive more black Americans in prison

Informing the white public that the percentage of black Americans in prison is far greater than the percentage of white people behind bars may not spur support for reform. Instead, it might actually generate support for harsh laws and sentencing.

Source: news.stanford.edu

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SPLC files federal lawsuit over inadequate medical, mental health care in Alabama prisons

 

Alabama has the most overcrowded prisons in the nation and spends one of the lowest amounts, per inmate, on health care. The prison system contracts with Corizon Inc. to provide medical care and MHM Correctional Services to provide mental health care. In 2012, when the ADOC released a “Request for Proposal” for a new health care contract, applicants were scored on a 3,000 point scale. Out of a possible 3,000 points, contract price accounted for a possible 1,350 points. Qualifications and experience counted for only 100 points.

The ADOC renewed its contract with Corizon in 2012, even though Corizon (the company providing health care in Alabama prisons since 2007) failed every major audit of its health care operations in Alabama prisons under its first contract with the state.

 

Source: www.splcenter.org

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A Disturbing New Report Shows Exactly Why It’s Time to Fix America’s Terrible Prison System

Our country’s incarceration crisis is worse than we thought.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The “Prison System’ is not the root of the problem.

 

The root of the problem is the indifference we as individuals have toward the poor. The poor are more likely to have issues that lead them to prison.

 

  • Poverty needs to be eliminated. 
  • Mental health care should be free and accessible. 
  • Drug rehab centers need to to be free and accessible.

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