AMERICA’S ‘PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX’ GROWS: Nation Sets New Record in the Jailing of African Americans.
Tweet (Akiit.com) According to a recent report released by the Justice Department, the number of incarcerated Americans reached an all-time record last year. Local, state and federal officials jailed an additional 62,000 people as of June 2006 sending the prison population to 2.24 million people. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) annual report says the […]