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frazzled

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1. Let's get more precise

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 06:08 PM

Dec 2011

Nearly 40% of those (39.4% as of 2009, to be exact) are African Americans. That fact is equally shocking.

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1 out of every 100 Americans are in Prison. [View all] aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 OP

Let's get more precise frazzled Dec 2011 #1

Assuming the facts in the video are true aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #2

+10000000000000000000000000 Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #8

100,000 Americans become felons every year tabasco Dec 2011 #3

They are cycled into the military industrial complex.... aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #4

And ProSense Dec 2011 #5

But these numbers are really only part of the problem... aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #6

True. n/t ProSense Dec 2011 #16

Its not a British TV show about American prisons dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #7

Thank you for the correction. I have edited the OP. NT aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #10

I wasn't having a go at you dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #13

Oh.. please it was no problem at all.... aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #14

British quiz\comedy shows are more factual than our news. provis99 Dec 2011 #11

Isn't it sad in our society... aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #12

You bet. dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #17

Authoritarian win. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #9

The program the clip is from is Qi (which stands for Quite Interesting) A British trivia show. Mac1949 Dec 2011 #15

Do you know what dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #20

Marvelous program, though I liked it better when Frankie Boyle was on. Mac1949 Dec 2011 #26

Try going back to where it all began here with "That Was The Week That Was" in 1962 dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #28

TW3 was an excellent series, and I'm well acquainted with the Black and White Minstrel Show. Mac1949 Dec 2011 #29

The Goons dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #31

One of my favorites as well. Mac1949 Dec 2011 #32

So 1% of Americans are in prison... 3waygeek Dec 2011 #18

So sad... aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #22

This has been true for a long time killbotfactory Dec 2011 #19

China has fewer prisoners because of on-the-spot executions. Zalatix Dec 2011 #30

That's not true at all, we have a staggeringly large prison population killbotfactory Dec 2011 #34

China keeps its execution numbers secret Zalatix Dec 2011 #35

I used estimates from Human Rights Watch. killbotfactory Dec 2011 #36

They have become labor camps for corporations. Hmmmmmm.... nt stillwaiting Dec 2011 #21

Prisons are very profitable. aaaaaa5a Dec 2011 #23

Indeed it is. It's disgusting we as a society have let them get away with it. nt stillwaiting Dec 2011 #24

The for profit prison system will make this % even higher in the next decade. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #25

crime pays for the privatized prison corporations spanone Dec 2011 #27

And the problem could be... greytdemocrat Dec 2011 #33