Mass Incarceration

How Much Does It Cost to Keep a Criminal?

Cost of Incarceration

Cost of Incarceration

Cost of Incarceration

How Much Does It Cost to Keep a Criminal?

How Expensive is justice?

Pretty darn costly. But depending on your point of view, the costs of keeping criminals behind bars or executing them might be worth it.

http://www.creditloan.com/infographics/how-much-does-it-cost-to-keep-a-criminal/

The Caging of America

This is an interesting article on the Caging of America that we recommend:

 

New York Times Article

A Critic at Large
The Caging of America
Why do we lock up so many people?
by Adam Gopnic

January 30, 2012

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all

Trayvon Martin, Mass Incarceration, and the Need for Revolution: A Presentation By Clyde Young at Revolution Books

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 7:00pm

2.4 million people most of them                                

Black and Latino in prison!

Racial profiling a pipline to prison
for generations of our youth

Contact Information: 

773.489.0930 revbookschi@pobox.com
Go to Chicago Revolution Books blog for upcoming events.

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