[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Let's ban private prisons.

[ELLEN ROSSER]

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From: Rep. Keith Ellison for Working Families <reply at workingfamilies.org>
Date: Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:20 AM
Subject: Let's ban private prisons.
To: ELLEN.ROSSER at gmail.com


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Ellen -

Think about this for a minute: the United States makes up roughly 4% of the
world’s population, but holds about 22% of the global prison population.

*How is that possible? Because mass incarceration in the United States has
turned into a business model, and powerful corporations are cashing in big.*

Private prisons are raking in billions of dollars each year and using their
profits to continue rigging the game in their favor.

*That’s why Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-3), Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), and I
introduced the Justice is Not for Sale Act to ban all Federal contracts
with private prisons.
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The private prison industry has spent tens of millions lobbying Congress
for stricter laws, harsher sentencing guidelines, and more government
contracts.

And here’s the thing: it’s working.

Between 2000 and 2010, the number of inmates held in private prisons more
than doubled. Worse still, most of those trapped in the prison-industrial
complex are people of color.

*We need to take action, Ellen. And with your support, we can. Take a
minute to add your name and become a Citizen Co-Sponsor of the Justice is
Not for Sale Act today.
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Together, we can purge corporate interests from our criminal justice system.

Thank you,

Rep. Keith Ellison
Minnesota's 5th Congressional District

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