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Not the Usual Suspects: The Politics of the Prison Boom

Loaded on July 15, 2008 by Marie Gottschalk published in Prison Legal News July, 2008, page 1
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Crime, Victims, Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, State Legislation, Federal Legislation. Locations: United Kingdom, United States of America.
Throughout American history, politicians and public officials have exploited public anxieties about crime and disorder for political gain. The difference today is that these political strategies and public anxieties have come together in the perfect storm. They have radically transformed U.S. penal policies, spurring an unprecedented prison boom. Since the ...

 

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  13. Wisconsin County Bans Profiteering in Jail Phone Contracts
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