America’s “prison industrial complex” appears to be all about stats. Anyone who is a huge sports fan knows that stats are king when it comes to competition. In baseball, no one will ever beat Cy Young’s 511 career wins (or his 315 losses for that matter). It’s been a...
Todd Entrekin, the sheriff of the small Alabama county of Etowah, recently found himself in the national spotlight when an Alabama newspaper discovered that over the course of three years he pocketed at least $750,000 budgeted for feeding the people detained in his...
New Mexico — A small community in New Mexico is learning firsthand the consequences of relying on corporate industry to fuel your economy. In the case of Torrance County, it’s the private prison industry. From a July 25 article by the Santa Fe New Mexican: “The...
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