prison industrial complex
GRITtv: How Can We Solve the Prison Crisis?
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation. In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, some states are beginning to consider reducing their prison populations. But other states are looking to do just the opposite in an effort to create jobs. Today,David Fathi Director of Human Rights Watch's US Program, Glenn E. Martin, Vice President of Development and Public Affairs at the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, and Vikki Law, author of "Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles Of Incarcerated Women" on the future of prison reform in the United States.
Email this pageGRITtv: Obama's "Civil Detention System"
The Obama administration has said that it wants to create a ?truly civil detention system.? Orwellian or earnest? Aarti Shahani founder of Families for Freedom and lead author of the Justice Strategies report, ?Local Democracy on ICE? discusses the Obama administration?s plan and the closure of the T. Don Hutto detention center in Texas.
