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Created 03/22/2012 - 1 year ago
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Fareed Zakaria's column in this week's TIME Magazine, which you can read in full here, behind a paywall.
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globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com
More than half of #America’s federal #inmates today are in prison on #drug convictions. http://t.co/QAnadvTK
The US has 760 prisoners per 100,000 citizens. Japan has 63, Germany 90, France 96, South Korea 97, and the UK, 153. http://t.co/bVe1GGrN
Pat Robertson: 'We [Americans] make up 5% of the world’s population but... 25% of the [world’s] jailed prisoners.” http://t.co/zTZJkypt
Zakaria: Incarceration nation – Global Public Square - http://t.co/z1ffiaCl Blogs http://t.co/sUhQRrx2 via @cnn
In 2009, 1.66 million Americans were arrested on drug charges and 4 of 5 of those arrests were simply for possession!! http://t.co/sw7FAkpP”
In 2011, California spent $9.6 billion on prisons vs. $5.7 billion on the UC system and state colleges. http://t.co/McYvd4O4
Zakaria: Incarceration nation http://t.co/tfxVCAEk
The US is #1 in number of people in prison, nothing to cheer about. Zakaria: Incarceration nation http://t.co/lmbHwZ7g via @zite
“@FareedZakaria: In US, #drug convictions were 15 inmates per 100,000 adults in 1980 to 148 in 1996, a ten x increase http://t.co/Bw29mbgy”
RT @ERICBALFOUR: Really interesting article about our prison system... “@FareedZakaria http://t.co/cENwiQTG”
Germany 90, France 96, South Korea 97, & the UK, 153. http://t.co/3pn6PA2t.
RT @antonio_cano_: EE UU tiene 760 presos por cada 100.000 habitantes. Japón, 67. Alemania, 90. http://t.co/vi1J6l9b
#Einstein defined insanity as repeating the same thing and expecting a different result. http://t.co/ZUTqgi4T #warondrugs
In 2011, #California spent $9.6 billion on #prisons vs. $5.7 billion on the UC system and state colleges. http://t.co/7M5PoeqM
Over the past 4 decades, the U.S. has spent more than $1 trillion fighting the war on drugs. That war has failed http://t.co/8fIjbr6F
The money that states spend on prisons has risen at 6x the rate of spending on higher education in the past 20 years: http://t.co/KVSfqh4S
A college student costs the state $8,667 per year; a prisoner costs it $45,006 a year. http://t.co/ilGP3yTy
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RT @FareedZakaria: Since 1980, California has built one college campus and 21 prisons. http://t.co/HeeNTp8G
RT @occupyactionmob: Prisoners cost the state significantly more than college students. With #numbers. http://t.co/tCNnugll #occupyboston #occupyumb
9k a year for a student 45k a year for a prisoner http://t.co/KxTd1ojM via @cnn
RT @ewaldeng: There are more people behind bars in the US than in Stalin's Gulag http://t.co/e1rab4s7
RT @colejackson68: the war on drugs has gotten so far out of hand http://t.co/VOqXuTgN
#WhyWeOccupy RT @d_seaman: A college student costs the state $8,667 per year; a prisoner costs it $45,006 a year. http://t.co/f19J4GZd
Neal here...Check the poll on this link. Nearly 95%! The War on Some Drugs has failed miserably, rendering the... http://t.co/ZdGzlvyT
U.S. has 760 prisoners/100K citizens. That’s seven to 10 times as many more than in most other developed countries. http://t.co/q5IVT2g3
More people under ‘correctional supervision’ in U.S. - more than 6M - than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin. http://t.co/q5IVT2g3
Zakaria: Incarceration nation (Imagine that, someone being rational & actually using facts as evidence.) http://t.co/MAyb4Of9 via @cnn
Zakaria: Incarceration nation http://t.co/RnURKUz9 more people in prisons in #america than #stalin 's #gulag
There are now more people imprisoned in America than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height http://t.co/56PVnSx8
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@PeggyDolane http://t.co/krSu4Sw6
WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Some facts like...Since 1980, California has built one college campus and 21... http://t.co/TTRd9PGe
The U.S. has the world's highest incarceration rate, 760 prisoners per 100,000. No other country comes close. http://t.co/rLWQGHUt #icymi
RT @AmanaFK: sobering statistics: more americans in jail today that during stalin's gulag archipelago @fareedzakaria http://t.co/e3XM85Ix
Stalin Placed Fewer People in Prison than America Today. CNN's Fareed Zakaria on Incarceration Nation http://t.co/LSbGHsC9
I don't understand the relationship between spending on prisons and higher education, and why are they being compared. http://t.co/aRwdgkH8
Our Tax money at work. Well spent? http://t.co/WQeHO9j6
Interesting read on criminal justice system. http://t.co/g8b0cXDp
Interesante articulo de F. Zakaria sobre el fracaso del War on Drugs en EEUU. Time Magazine http://t.co/KOMgzkKU
A #HumanRights imperative! MT: @FareedZakaria: college student costs state $8,667 a year; prisoner costs $45,006! Read http://t.co/1LEly5a6
Must-read: "Incarceration nation" — http://t.co/agjNcaSm
@r_burbach More expensive than college? Prison. In '11 California spent $9.6b on prisons vs $5.7b on state colleges http://t.co/eBC8RPtg
A sad milestone: more Americans in prison than there were people in Stalin's gulags. http://t.co/seirHwEb
California spends $8,667 per student per year and $50,000 per inmate per year. http://t.co/rLWQGHUt #priorities
RT @thinkprogress: In 2011, California spent $9.6 billion on prisons, but just $5.7 billion on higher education. http://t.co/rLWQGHUt #priorities