Private Prisons in US Turn a Profit, Ruin Black Lives
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By: Val Reynoso
Inmates were escorted by a guard through San Quentin state prison in California. | Photo: Reuters.
Mass Incarceration is a billion-dollar industry which exploits prisoners who are predominately Black and non-white Latinx people for profit.
The U.S. is currently home to the largest prison population in the world at a staggering 2.3 million incarcerated people. Many believe that mass incarceration will ensure our safety through harsher methods; however, mass incarceration is especially detrimental to communities of color.
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Mass Incarceration refers to the growth of the prison population that has increased by 500 percent within the past 30 years. The Prison Industrial Complex is a ...