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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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2. 2nd highest adult incarceration rate (per capita) in the world

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:15 PM

Aug 2015

Much of it made up of black men in jail on non-violent charges. If we're trying to show the world how a free country lives, we're doing it wrong.

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Pulse of DU poll 1: are killings and imprisonment of Black Americans a major problem? [View all] MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 OP

Combining killing and incarceration might be... TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 #1

While unjustified cop killings are now on the rise Warpy Aug 2015 #3

2nd highest adult incarceration rate (per capita) in the world demwing Aug 2015 #2