Other page from the previous picture. I find that these are important stats to share since I don‘t think k that most anybody knows how our prisons are funded. My new fear after reading this book is that the current state is that people will be so desperate they will commit crimes & be put in jail. Which since most prisons are private, someone is making money off of people being in jail.
Title: bankrolling the carceral state
Title: extent of the carceral control
pickDid you know that 1 in 58 people in the US are part of the carceral system (that involves prison- over 1.4 million, probation, on parole or in a local jail)? How is this statistic not being shouted from the rooftops? This book is comprised of short essays by activists, researchers, prisoners themselves about the prison system in the US. There are discussions about ways to decrease police use by forming stronger communities, providing adequate
pickThis is a true story of corruption within the Baltimore Police Dept. When reading this, I can‘t say that I was really surprised. But, part of me wondered how a division could get away with so much…the lack of real oversight that was in place was ridiculous!
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Just one NONFICTION book completed in September—but it likely would have been the winner anyway. This is the kind of narrative nonfiction that really grabs me.
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