Sunday, October 27, 2013

Locked Up In America

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Locked up in America
Greetings from the Country that holds 1/4 of the world’s prisoners.[3]
America has the largest correctional budget of the world.
Largest Spending States Total:
1.)California:$7,900,000,000
2.)New York:$3,600,000,000
3.)Texas:$3,300,000,000
4.)Pennsylvania:$2,100,000,000
5.)Florida:$2,080,000,000
Largest Spending per prisoner:
1.)New York:$60,076
2.)New Jersey:$54,865
3.)Connecticut:$50,262
4.)Vermont:$49,502
5.)Rhode Island:$49,133
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Total Spending: $39,000,000,000
That’s 2/3 of the entire public education budget
Or the equivalent of the average earnings of 18.7 million families in the U.S.
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more here: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Locked_Up_In_America/29807/0/0/0/Y/M.html

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