A quick tour of the Cost of Prisons in the United States map reveals that the prison industry is doing well, especially in California, which has 135,000 people caged at a taxpayer cost of nearly $8 billion ($47,000 per inmate). From Think Progress: "Between 2008 and 2012, the CEO of one of the world's largest private prison firms earned $22 million in compensation, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. (Thanks, Brian!)
Cost of prisons in the US
Tear-down of a prison laptop
Myriad electronic devices—from radios to TVs, cassette players, and headphones—are available for incarcerated people to use in prison. Usually, these devices have clear plastic shells and often lack key features.… READ THE REST
Florida poet on death row died ahead of schedule from a fentanyl overdose… somehow
Florida death row inmate and accomplished poet Stephen Todd Booker, 69, was awaiting execution for a 1977 murder when he unexpectedly died ahead of schedule. According to an autopsy report,… READ THE REST
A prison in Texas accidentally drained the entire water supply of a nearby town
A break in the water line of a state prison in north Texas has left an entire community of 6000 people without access to clean water. Sanders Estes Unit is… READ THE REST
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