These articles address the state of the current prison system in the United States taking on the concepts of innocence vs. a rigged system in the courts and likening the labor of prisoners to an American Slave System, the school-to-prison system, corporate-owned prisons for profit, and more.
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Protesters Highlight Bill Clinton’s Legacy of Expanding Mass Incarceration
The Real News Network April 8, 2016
Writer Yvette Carnell responds to Bill Clinton’s comments to protesters: “You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter”
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National Prison Strike Campaign Vows to End ‘American Slave System’
By Eric Ortiz truthdig.com April 2, 2016
Original caption (1836): “Franklin & Armfield’s Slave Prison.” Franklin & Armfield was a Virginia slave trading firm. (American Anti-Slavery Society)
Starting Sept. 9, prisoners in the United States will begin a coordinated effort to shut…
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