When I was in college, there were 300,000 people incarcerated in the United States; today, there are 2.3 million. 1/3

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Building prisons is a gargantuan urban industry. One of the reasons I want to end the War on Drugs is because almost half of our federal prisoners are nonviolent drug offenders. 2/3
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We should change drug addiction from a criminal issue to a health issue. I don’t want a Drug Czar; I want a Recovery Czar. For a fraction of the money ($100B/yr) that we spend on the War on Drugs every year, we can have a world class network of recovery options. 3/3
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On issue after issue after issue, it’s time to try another way. #Marianne2024
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We need high quality prisons that teach and are more about turning out better people
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The New Progressive Alliance article “Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population” has over 740 references. newprogs.org/massive_police_…

Widespread Police Misconduct and an Expanding Prison Population

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The spike in incarceration rates from 300,000 to 2.3 million is alarming, but let’s also talk about the changing landscape of college debt. When you were in college, students weren’t crippled by loans like they are today. The burden of debt on young Americans is a crisis that deserves just as much attention as mass incarceration. Both issues highlight systemic problems that have escalated over the decades. #StudentDebtCrisis #MassIncarceration
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We had insane asylums.
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Can we make sure all special needs people who are on the spectrum get to go to college for free of there choice
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That's because we're a culture in decline and produce more criminals.
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You clearly haven’t seen crime rates in this country. So many think that stealing is acceptable. Shame on you.
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