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

Nov 7, 2023 · 11:07 PM UTC

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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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Replying to @marwilliamson
We build private for-profit prisons & the capitalists supersize them for maximum profit. We can't afford healthcare or college, but we can afford more prisons. We can afford billions for war but not education, I assure you, it's not about the money Corporate Fascism Sucks 😒
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Things sure have changed since 1945.
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Out of a population of 340 million...not excessive. Mental illness drug addiction drive violent crime. Crime for profit harder to prove gangs sophisticated
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#EndMassIncarceration #Marianne2024 #JusticeReform
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Maybe go back to college??
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Your question and problem to address is why a increase in criminal behavior? Simply changing what’s considered criminal is not the only answer
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School To Prison pipeline Black boys to men in prison
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Leave it to The Onion: ‘Concerning New Study Finds Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons’
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You should then blitzkrieg the airrwaves with anti- Incarcaratin' Genocidin' Joe Biden ads, no?
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The more people in prison the more free labor the robber barons that run the country have access to
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