The Clinton Administration helped set up the private prison system.
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Cross post from the South Carolina Group.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1076547
http://www.dunwalke.com/10_Clinton_Administration.htm
Much has been written about the use of the War on Drugs to intentionally disenfranchise poor people and engineer the centralization of political and economic power in the U.S. and globally, including an explosive rise in the U.S. prison population. The purpose of this story is not to repeat this fundamentally sound thesis. For those who are interested in more on this topic, I would refer you to my article and audio seminar Narco Dollars for Beginners as well as Michael Woodiwiss book Organized Crime and American Power (University of Toronto Press, 2001) and their associated bibliographies.
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