Media Review - Land of the Incarcerated

Name: Media Review - Land of the Incarcerated
Uploaded: 2016-05-30T23:29:25
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Description: Matt Kennard reviews the media coverage of incarceration and the prison system in the US, which has the highest prison population in the world. Government policies and the private sector business interests have created a 'prison-industrial complex' seeking even higher numbers of prisoners to please moneyed interests. http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/media-review-547685/

Matt Kennard reviews the media coverage of incarceration and the prison system in the US, which has the highest prison population in the world. Government policies and the private sector business interests have created a 'prison-industrial complex' seeking even higher numbers of prisoners to please moneyed interests. http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/media-review-547685/

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