On America's Prison Industrial Complex, Russell Simons
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On America's Prison Industrial Complex

Author: Russell Simons

Narrator: Dylan Ratigan

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway

Published: 05/24/2012

Genre: Political Science - Public Policy

Synopsis

Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics.

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