1/ America’s criminal justice system is broken and lobbyists and politicians have a vested interest in keeping it that way. They benefit from the system just the way it is. #justiceforsale #unrigthesystem
2/ Even though crime rates across the US are going down, America locks up 7 times more people now than we did in 1970...
3/ America puts more people behind bars than any other nation in the world, both as a percentage of population and in total numbers. More than Russia & China.
#prisons
4/ If nothing changes, 1 in 4 black men, 1 in 6 Latino men, and 1 out of every 17 white men will end up in jail. And we’re putting women in jail even faster than we’re locking up men.
5/ 91% of Americans want to see the system fixed… but politicians aren’t listening to the people. Why? Because our corrupt political system caters to a handful of special interests and billionaires. #unrigthesystem
6/ It’s time to put power back in the hands of the American people. It’s up to us to go around Congress to pass laws that make corruption illegal. We cannot fix the criminal justice system until we end corruption. #UnbreakingAmerica #justiceforsale
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