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How Can We Be ‘The Land Of The Free’ When We Lock Up More People Than China And Russia?

The monster that is the prison system in this country has gotten far too big for comfort. Being an American just made you statistically more likely to get sent to prison than being from ANY other country. Either Americans are just naturally worse people or…

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