For a partial list of political prisoners held in US jails, please check: The Jericho Movement’s listThe Prison Activist Ressource Center’s list Also, for some background info check out this 2002 article:The Reality of Political Prisoners in the USA (PDF format)
FYI – http://10.16.86.131/the-usa-is-fundamentally-uncivilized/ http://10.16.86.131/meet-the-american-gulag/ http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2007/09/ahmadinejad-us-big-prison.html I won’t even go into the issues of torture, extraordinary renditions, Guantanamo, Bagram, secret CIA jails worldwide, clearly racist laws, clearly racist sentencing practices, ICE raids, police brutality, deportations, etc. etc. etc. But the readers who actually live in the USA are more than welcome to add their own anecdotes and observations (as always, please feel free to post anonymously). The Saker
From ThePeoplesVoice.org: 7.3 million in the US prison system Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2009/mar2009/pris-m04.shtml A study released this week by the Pew Center on the States delivers a staggering statistic: 7.3 million Americans – or 1 in every 31 adults – are in the nation’s prison system. This figure includes those in US jails and prisons, on parole, on probation, or under other forms of correctional supervision. No other country comes close to
