How U.S. Prisons Cost Taxpayers $228 Billion Every Year

Oct 3, 2012 at 5:00 PM
DailyBail in Drugs, Taxpayer Anger, beyond the bars, budgets, drug war, drugs, mandatory minimums, prison, prison, prison cost, taxpayer

Outstanding video.  Give it a chance.

Get involved at http://beyondbars.org.  Stats come from the following sources:

• Number of people behind bars
• Proportion in for nonviolent offenses
• Cost of justice system in 1982 vs. 2007

 

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