>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <067601bf3da7$3bd6f840$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: The Prison Complex >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:58:25 -0800 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > >The Lowdown on the Lockdown Economy > >Snapshot of the land of the free at the end of the 1900s: the US government >spent $7 billion a year over the last decade building new prisons; more >people work full-time in the prison industry than in any Fortune 500 company >except GM; the prison population is rising 7% annually; two-thirds of all >people entering prison are sentenced for non-violent offenses. The >non-profit Corporate Watch organization's Prison Industry site posts essays >examining how specific corporate interests are driving criminal justice >policy. Sixties activist Angela Davis, now a professor at UC Santa Cruz, >contributes one essay. >http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/prisons/ > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: