Monday, September 30, 2013

13-09-30 US: Gulag nation!

According to ACLU the US holds 5% of the world's population, but 25% of the world's prisoner's population.  In the US prisons are often owned and operated by for-profit corporations, prisoners are compelled to work for corporations, while prison owners keep their income.
The 2010 United Nations Human Rights Council called upon the United States to abolish slavery!
Alex Kane, AlterNet
The spending on jails in New York City is nearly equivalent to the cost of attending an Ivy League university. READ MORE»

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