The Entire US Prison System Needs Overhaul

A flawed system? U.S. boasts highest prison incarceration numbers in world.

The United States of America currently incarcerates the highest percentage of its own citizens when compared to any other country in the world. With it's harsh drug laws, minimum sentencing guidelines and repeated imprisonment of non-violent offenders, the country has literally thrown the shackles on millions of individuals. In fact, the great superpower has more than 2 million of it's citizens imprisoned at this very moment. (some suggest numbers closer to 2.5 million)

To see graph, charts and more depicting the most recent data obtained concerning incarceration levels in the United States - With it's harsh drug laws, minimum sentencing guidelines and repeated imprisonment of non-violent offenders, the country has literally thrown the shackles on millions of individuals. In fact, the great superpower has more than 2 million of it's citizens imprisoned at this very moment - GO here

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America's Solitary Confinement Nightmare:

Of course we torture, Ridgeway says. Right here in America. In our own prisons. An estimated 80,000 Americans are in solitary confinement. GO here

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In Case Missed It:
Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons: Video Documentary:

Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were committed in Iraq? Warning Strong Images, etc. GO here

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