Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid
In my 11 years behind bars I saw enormous amounts of ridiculously wasteful spending. I could probably write a book about it, though I'm sure someone's written something similar already. I've just gotten around to reading Monday's New York Times, and I came across this article. Perhaps you'll find it interesting as well.
Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid
by Solomon Moore, 3/2/2009
One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.
Criminal correction spending is outpacing budget growth in education, transportation and public assistance, based on state and federal data. Only Medicaid spending grew faster than state corrections spending, which quadrupled in the past two decades....
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(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/us/03prison.html)
this is wonderful chock full of information eye just titled mye new poem 666Revisited this is usefull for the background
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Thanks, Charles! Glad it's doing somebody some good...
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Shocking. Reminds me of a poem I memorized as a kid for school wherein townspeople argue about whether to put a fence around the edge of a cliff or an ambulance down in the valley.
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Thanks, Brian! What an analogy!
I'll have to find that poem.
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http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-lifemississippi-15.htm
the only thing eye can think of is TOM SAYER whitewashed that old toe with his fence
ah wait its going going too late its gone wait oh wait its so wronggggg
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the u.s. locks up way more of its citizens than any other country. i believe 25% of all the world's prisoners are american prisoners in american prisons.
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