e-schatology replied to your photo: Has anyone read this? I just started and it’s…
e-schatology replied to your photo: Has anyone read this? I just started and it’s…
ooo pdf?
I got it from my school’s library, so no PDF. :(
Has anyone read this? I just started and it’s pretty good so far.
If you honestly think that America is not founded in genocide and has perpetuated genocide and murder throughout its history, you’re too stupid to even have a tumblr. And that’s saying a lot.
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“Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran’s, seven times China’s and 10 times Germany’s.”
That paragraph opens a devastating eight-part series published this month by The Times-Picayune of New Orleans about how the state’s largely private prison system profits from high incarceration rates and tough sentencing, and how many with the power to curtail the system actually have a financial incentive to perpetuate it.
The picture that emerges is one of convicts as chattel and a legal system essentially based on human commodification.
” —Charles M. Blow on The Times-Picayune of New Orleans series on Louisiana’s prisons. It gets worse.
First, some facts from the series:
• One in 86 Louisiana adults is in the prison system, which is nearly double the national average.
• More than 50 percent of Louisiana’s inmates are in local prisons, which is more than any other state. The next highest state is Kentucky at 33 percent. The national average is 5 percent.
• Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of its prisoners serving life without parole.
• Louisiana spends less on local inmates than any other state.
• Nearly two-thirds of Louisiana’s prisoners are nonviolent offenders. The national average is less than half.
In the early 1990s, the state was under a federal court order to reduce overcrowding, but instead of releasing prisoners or loosening sentencing guidelines, the state incentivized the building of private prisons. But, in what the newspaper called “a uniquely Louisiana twist,” most of the prison entrepreneurs were actually rural sheriffs. They saw a way to make a profit and did.
Holland, 1945 is one of the greatest songs of all time. If you disagree, you’re probably pure evil.
#truefact
amouthygirl replied to your post: I think I’m just going to start screaming the…
Video plz
Can I title it “When birds go wild?”
I think I’m just going to start screaming the names of French philosophers during my graduate seminars. Since Foucault is basically the only one people know, I think I can get away with it.
Tumblr crew: rhizombie, appolilaire, hookedonsemiotics, syeda, murdermetonymy, spatiotemporalcookies (Taken with instagram)
“What is this thing called love?”
- John Beer, talking about my feelings right now
I like how over half of the group obviously does not want to be photographed.
I think the show Frasier has unduly influenced my life.
political-linguaphile replied to your post: At least once a week, I have a chance to use the…
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
Drinking.