#Mass Incarceration #California Prisons

The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Go To Jail

Submitted by Meteor Man on Tue, 01/09/2018 - 9:40pm

From John Whitehead at Counterpunch:

Now Sessions has given state courts the green light to resume their practice of jailing individuals who are unable to pay the hefty fines imposed by the American police state. In doing so, Sessions has once again shown himself to be not only a shill for the Deep State but an enemy of the people.

Criminalizing Poverty 2

Submitted by Meteor Man on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 7:51pm

Criminalizing Poverty 1 focused on L.A.'s "Safer Cities Initiative" which was launched by Mayor Villaragosa in 2006 and enforced by the LAPD under Chief Bratton.

I also included a devastating 2006 critique by UCLA Professor Blasi as well as background info about the rolr of The Manhattan Institute and Broken Windows fanboy George Kellering.

Today let's start with Chris Hedges:

10.7 Billion for California State Prison System

Submitted by Meteor Man on Fri, 06/17/2016 - 1:38pm

More money! More money!

[T]he department’s total budget (increased) to more than $10.7 billion. That will make it the fourth highest budget in the state after K-12 education, health and human services and higher education.

California's prison house more than 100,000 people. The population has gotten so large more than 4,000 are housed out of state in Mississippi and Arizona.