A quick tour of the Cost of Prisons in the United States map reveals that the prison industry is doing well, especially in California, which has 135,000 people caged at a taxpayer cost of nearly $8 billion ($47,000 per inmate). From Think Progress: "Between 2008 and 2012, the CEO of one of the world’s largest private prison firms earned $22 million in compensation, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. (Thanks, Brian!)
Cost of prisons in the US
Paul Manafort released from prison 4 years early due to COVID-19, will serve rest of time on home confinement
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County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety
Prisons in America are already overcrowded, under-supported, and maddeningly profitable for the people who made them that way. And when people die in incarceration under more normal circumstances, it still… READ THE REST
Watch a dozen inmates escape from a Washington jail
VIDEO: Inmates hop fence, escape from Yakima County jailDETAILS: https://t.co/TnZRCPifEd📹Briseida & Alex Gonzalez pic.twitter.com/d52QVyQLUh — KAPP-KVEW (@KAPPKVEW) March 24, 2020 Yesterday evening in Yakima, Washington, Briseida and Alex Gonzalez recorded… READ THE REST
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We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
