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July 17, 2016 08:03 am PDT
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Mississippi's prison town are in danger of collapse, thanks to tiny reforms in the War on Drugs
Towns in Mississippi and other Tea Party-ruled states with large (often private) prison industries are totally reliant on state/fed funding transfers to local prisons for cash and jobs, forced prison labor to provide local services for free, and War on Drugs arrests and minimum sentencing to fill those jails. The first tiny steps toward criminal justice reform have eroded the underpinnings of the whole system, leaving the towns facing collapse. (more…)
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