America’s New Slavery

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America's New Slavery: Black Men in Prison
By Charlene Muhammad
Special to the NNPA from the Final Call

Although the costs of prisons is skyrocketing and consuming state budgets, money continues to be spent to push more Black youth into prison, activists assert.
Many education and prison advocates charge there is a plot to populate U.S. prisons based on the dumbing down of America's youth.
Figures show those most likely to be incarcerated and to return generally have the lowest level of education.
The report said, "While states don't necessarily choose between higher education and corrections, a dollar spent in one area is unavailable for another."...MORE