I've been waiting all week for this package and it finally came
Shout-out to those people delivering packages and putting in work this holiday season
Hey friends, i'm Victoria Wittig and today I got my hands on a very overlooked product. Today I'm unboxing the topic of
Prisons
Handcuffs. As of right now, there are 2.3 million people in jail in the United States. The United States has
1719 state prisons 102 federal prisons and
1852 juvenile correctional facilities.
In 2012 alone the United States spent nearly 81 billion, I repeat
81 billion dollars on correctional facilities
1856. This is the year slavery was abolished in
1856 slavery and lynching seemed as though they were never going to go away
Imagine how strange the debates were about abolishing slavery. That is how abolition of prisons is viewed right now.
Ah, here we have a photograph of the amazing Angela Davis
She's a scholar,
activist and
the author of "Are Prisons Obsolete?" She believes that we should consider moving beyond prisons. In her book, "Are Prisons
Obsolete?" she discusses how prisons are similar to the slavery of black people.
Prisons strip inmates of their rights. Angela does acknowledge that prisons reforms are necessary. However, she supports
restorative justice rather than punishments. We should focus on the rehabilitation of offender.
Oh a pie chart
This is this chart shows the United States incarceration rates by race and ethnicity
in 2010
These numbers exemplify the racism in the system.
People of color serve longer and more severe sentences than those who are not of color for example
Corvain Cooper, who is a black man, was sentenced for life for selling marijuana.
Meanwhile a white boy named Jacob Anderson
from Baylor University raped a 19-year old woman and will not serve any time behind bars. He will only pay a small fee of $400.
Wow. Clearly the judicial system and prison systems are racist
Well, that's it for me friends.
And remember, we can't get anywhere until we admit we have a problem and the prison system is a problem.
