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To: elpolvo who wrote (59708)	10/11/2004 1:23:18 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

el p- did you know ... the u.s. now has five times more prisoners per capita than canada and seven times more than the whole of western europe. the u.s. has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prisioners. nearly 90% of prisoners are jailed for nonviolet offenses, often casualties of the so-called drug war. it's a debate among democrats and republicans over who can be 'tougher' on crime, hire more police and build more prions. almost overnight, the prison-industrial complex has become a big business and a powerful lobby for pubic funds. ... from the book "Into the Buzzsaw" -joser