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000302 Christian Parenti - Lockdown America: The Growth of the Police State

The 19th century robber baron Jay Gould once boasted that he could "hire half of the working class to shoot the other half." With the rapid growth of the prison industry in the United States, that comment could be adapted for a future where half of the people are 'guarding' the other half. Billions are spent every year on building new prisons, billions more go to running them. Over half a million people now work in the corrections industry in the U. S, and about two million are behind bars. Laws are passed at the state and federal levels that encourage increased policing and incarceration. The money to pay for it all comes at the expense of social programs.

Christian Parenti offers a compelling description of the reality of police and prisons in the US today. And he examines the social, political and economic issues that are at the root of the growth of the police state over the past three decades. Parenti is the author of Lockdown America. His journalism has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times and The Christian Science Monitor. He teaches at the New College of California.


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