No Justice: Our United States Is the Incarceration Nation
The U.S. Leads the World In Putting People In Jail
The United States leads the world in putting people behind bars. It's easy to put someone in jail. There are over 4,000 federal penal statutes, and over 4,000 California state penal statutes. You don't have to know the law to be guilty. You don't even have to intend to break the law.
1 in every 31 U.S. adults, is entangled with our penal system http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=49382 and of these 1 out of ever 100 Americans is in jail or prison. http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=35904
The United States has more people in jail than all of Europe combined. There has been a 500% increase in the number of people incarcerated in the United States over the past 30 years. California has more people in jail than France and Germany put together. Although France and Germany have over 4 times as many people as California, they have fewer people in jail, and for shorter prison sentences.
2009 Prison Population[1] Total Population Incarceration Rate per 100,000[2]
U.S. 2,293,157 310, 225,000[3] 756
California 170,000[4] 36,961,664[5]
France 59,655 65,447,374[6] 96
Germany 73,203 81,757,600[7] 89
England 93,204 62,041,708[8] 153
California Leads the Nation in Punishment
California has a goal of zero waste in landfills – but is happy to waste money and human lives in state prison and county jails.
Californians voted for free range chickens, but happily cages human beings.
Life Sentences in California for Petty Crimes
Life sentences for:
Possession of 0.05 grams of heroin,
Stealing $70 worth of goods from Sears
Norman Williams was sentenced to life in prison for stealing a floor jack out of a car.[9]
Read more: http://facts1.live.radicaldesigns.org/section.php?id=20
More Felonies than Ever
California enacted more laws than ever, turning more behavior into felonies. If you steal something from a store, and you push, or touch, or contact the security guard on your way out, even if what you steal is worth very little, your conduct is now a felony. State prison.
And in Drew's case, in a clear case of self defense, he was charged with first degree murder, and convicted based upon character assassination, when not a single witness ever saw Drew hit or punch or hurt anyone. Read about why Drew was wrongfully convicted.
California is Broke – Our State Budget Is Bleeding at $9 Billion a Year for State Prisons
California has 170,000 people in state prison, and another 82,662 in county jails. [1] California spends more per prisoner than per public school pupil. A prison guard's starting salary is $73,000 a year and has loads of perks. [2] And prison guards only need a high school education. An elementary school teacher's average starting salary in California is $35,000.00 a year. And to be an elementary school teacher requires 5 years of college.
In 2006, 1 out of every 10 prison guards made more than $100,000. At San Quentin, 1 out of every 5 prison guards made more than $100,000.[3] And California has 31,000 prison guards. [4]
If you count everyone that is still entangled with the prison system including those on parole, on probation, California has over 755,000 in its system. And crime hasn't really gone down. There's been no correlation between the crime rate and the incarceration rate. Just putting people in jaildoes not prevent crime.
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· California has 706 inmates, on death row, by far the largest condemned population of any state.
· Schwarzennegger wants to borrow $64.7 as down payment on new death row at San Quentin.The Sacramento Bee states that the $64.7 million "is merely a down payment. Construction would cost about $360 million. Interest payments on 20-year bonds the state ordinarily would sell to finance the construction could add another $150 million or more to the final price tag. "
· 70% of San Quentin State Prison's inmates were once in foster care. SF Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, the creator of a task force on foster care, believes more progress should be visible by now, referring to stats on how a staggering 70 percent of San Quentin State Prison's inmates were once in foster care. Exemplified by numbers like these, children already coming from economically and socially marginalized populations, entering into the foster care system, don't have the odds working in their favor.
[1] Pew Center on the States, The Long Reach of Incarceration, Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?category=528
[2] SF Chronicle. Jan. 24, 2010, Matier & Ross reported:
"There's a reason the state boasts that being a prison guard is "the greatest entry-level job in California."
For starters, there's the $73,000-a-year base pay.
Then come the extras like:
-- Fifty cents an hour additional pay for working nights.
-- A $530 annual uniform allowance.
-- A $100-a month bonus for being bilingual.
-- A $135-a-month raise for having at least a community college degree.
-- As much as $130 a month in incentive pay for being able to pass a physical fitness test.
-- Premium pay of $2,100 to $2,400 a year for working at any one of seven prisons, including San Quentin.
In addition, the state kicks in a contribution equaling 2 percent of a guard's pay to his or her retirement account. For senior guards, who make up two-thirds of the force, that amounts to $1,475 a year.
But the real jewel is a pension that allows guards to retire with about 90 percent of their income after 30 years on the job."
[3]http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060228/news_1n28guards.html
[4]http://wapedia.mobi/en/California_Department_of_Corrections_and_Rehabilitation
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#State_finances
California has 170,000 people in state prison, and another 82,662 in county jails. [11] California spends more per prisoner than per public school pupil. A prison guard's starting salary is $73,000 a year and has loads of perks. [12] And prison guards only need a high school education. An elementary school teacher's average starting salary in California is $35,000.00 a year. And to be an elementary school teacher requires 5 years of college.
In 2006, 1 out of every 10 prison guards made more than $100,000. At San Quentin, 1 out of every 5 prison guards made more than $100,000.[13] And California has 31,000 prison guards. [14]
If you count everyone that is still entangled with the prison system including those on parole, on probation, California has over 755,000 in its system. And crime hasn't really gone down. There's been no correlation between the crime rate and the incarceration rate. Just putting people in jail does not prevent crime.
[1] Kings College of London, International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Population List, 8th Ed. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads.php?searchtitle=world+prison&type=0&month=0&year=0&lang=0&author=&search=Search
[2] Kings College of London, International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Population List, 8th Ed. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads.php?searchtitle=world+prison&type=0&month=0&year=0&lang=0&author=&search=Search
[3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States (2010 estimate)
[4] This number reflects state prison inmates only. There are an additional, 82, 662 inmates in county jails. Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?cat egory=528
[5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California (2009 estimate)
[6]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France (2010 estimate)
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany (2010 estimate)
[8]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom (2010 estimate)
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23strikes-t.html
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#State_finances
[11] Pew Center on the States, The Long Reach of Incarceration, Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?category=528
[12] SF Chronicle. Jan. 24, 2010, Matier & Ross reported:
"There's a reason the state boasts that being a prison guard is "the greatest entry-level job in California."
For starters, there's the $73,000-a-year base pay.
Then come the extras like:
-- Fifty cents an hour additional pay for working nights.
-- A $530 annual uniform allowance.
-- A $100-a month bonus for being bilingual.
-- A $135-a-month raise for having at least a community college degree.
-- As much as $130 a month in incentive pay for being able to pass a physical fitness test.
-- Premium pay of $2,100 to $2,400 a year for working at any one of seven prisons, including San Quentin.
In addition, the state kicks in a contribution equaling 2 percent of a guard's pay to his or her retirement account. For senior guards, who make up two-thirds of the force, that amounts to $1,475 a year.
But the real jewel is a pension that allows guards to retire with about 90 percent of their income after 30 years on the job."
[13]http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060228/news_1n28guards.html
[14]http://wapedia.mobi/en/California_Department_of_Corrections_and_Rehabilitation
The United States leads the world in putting people behind bars. It's easy to put someone in jail. There are over 4,000 federal penal statutes, and over 4,000 California state penal statutes. You don't have to know the law to be guilty. You don't even have to intend to break the law.
1 in every 31 U.S. adults, is entangled with our penal system http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=49382 and of these 1 out of ever 100 Americans is in jail or prison. http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=35904
The United States has more people in jail than all of Europe combined. There has been a 500% increase in the number of people incarcerated in the United States over the past 30 years. California has more people in jail than France and Germany put together. Although France and Germany have over 4 times as many people as California, they have fewer people in jail, and for shorter prison sentences.
2009 Prison Population[1] Total Population Incarceration Rate per 100,000[2]
U.S. 2,293,157 310, 225,000[3] 756
California 170,000[4] 36,961,664[5]
France 59,655 65,447,374[6] 96
Germany 73,203 81,757,600[7] 89
England 93,204 62,041,708[8] 153
California Leads the Nation in Punishment
California has a goal of zero waste in landfills – but is happy to waste money and human lives in state prison and county jails.
Californians voted for free range chickens, but happily cages human beings.
Life Sentences in California for Petty Crimes
Life sentences for:
Possession of 0.05 grams of heroin,
Stealing $70 worth of goods from Sears
Norman Williams was sentenced to life in prison for stealing a floor jack out of a car.[9]
Read more: http://facts1.live.radicaldesigns.org/section.php?id=20
More Felonies than Ever
California enacted more laws than ever, turning more behavior into felonies. If you steal something from a store, and you push, or touch, or contact the security guard on your way out, even if what you steal is worth very little, your conduct is now a felony. State prison.
And in Drew's case, in a clear case of self defense, he was charged with first degree murder, and convicted based upon character assassination, when not a single witness ever saw Drew hit or punch or hurt anyone. Read about why Drew was wrongfully convicted.
California is Broke – Our State Budget Is Bleeding at $9 Billion a Year for State Prisons
California has 170,000 people in state prison, and another 82,662 in county jails. [1] California spends more per prisoner than per public school pupil. A prison guard's starting salary is $73,000 a year and has loads of perks. [2] And prison guards only need a high school education. An elementary school teacher's average starting salary in California is $35,000.00 a year. And to be an elementary school teacher requires 5 years of college.
In 2006, 1 out of every 10 prison guards made more than $100,000. At San Quentin, 1 out of every 5 prison guards made more than $100,000.[3] And California has 31,000 prison guards. [4]
If you count everyone that is still entangled with the prison system including those on parole, on probation, California has over 755,000 in its system. And crime hasn't really gone down. There's been no correlation between the crime rate and the incarceration rate. Just putting people in jaildoes not prevent crime.
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· California has 706 inmates, on death row, by far the largest condemned population of any state.
· Schwarzennegger wants to borrow $64.7 as down payment on new death row at San Quentin.The Sacramento Bee states that the $64.7 million "is merely a down payment. Construction would cost about $360 million. Interest payments on 20-year bonds the state ordinarily would sell to finance the construction could add another $150 million or more to the final price tag. "
· 70% of San Quentin State Prison's inmates were once in foster care. SF Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, the creator of a task force on foster care, believes more progress should be visible by now, referring to stats on how a staggering 70 percent of San Quentin State Prison's inmates were once in foster care. Exemplified by numbers like these, children already coming from economically and socially marginalized populations, entering into the foster care system, don't have the odds working in their favor.
[1] Pew Center on the States, The Long Reach of Incarceration, Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?category=528
[2] SF Chronicle. Jan. 24, 2010, Matier & Ross reported:
"There's a reason the state boasts that being a prison guard is "the greatest entry-level job in California."
For starters, there's the $73,000-a-year base pay.
Then come the extras like:
-- Fifty cents an hour additional pay for working nights.
-- A $530 annual uniform allowance.
-- A $100-a month bonus for being bilingual.
-- A $135-a-month raise for having at least a community college degree.
-- As much as $130 a month in incentive pay for being able to pass a physical fitness test.
-- Premium pay of $2,100 to $2,400 a year for working at any one of seven prisons, including San Quentin.
In addition, the state kicks in a contribution equaling 2 percent of a guard's pay to his or her retirement account. For senior guards, who make up two-thirds of the force, that amounts to $1,475 a year.
But the real jewel is a pension that allows guards to retire with about 90 percent of their income after 30 years on the job."
[3]http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060228/news_1n28guards.html
[4]http://wapedia.mobi/en/California_Department_of_Corrections_and_Rehabilitation
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#State_finances
California has 170,000 people in state prison, and another 82,662 in county jails. [11] California spends more per prisoner than per public school pupil. A prison guard's starting salary is $73,000 a year and has loads of perks. [12] And prison guards only need a high school education. An elementary school teacher's average starting salary in California is $35,000.00 a year. And to be an elementary school teacher requires 5 years of college.
In 2006, 1 out of every 10 prison guards made more than $100,000. At San Quentin, 1 out of every 5 prison guards made more than $100,000.[13] And California has 31,000 prison guards. [14]
If you count everyone that is still entangled with the prison system including those on parole, on probation, California has over 755,000 in its system. And crime hasn't really gone down. There's been no correlation between the crime rate and the incarceration rate. Just putting people in jail does not prevent crime.
[1] Kings College of London, International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Population List, 8th Ed. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads.php?searchtitle=world+prison&type=0&month=0&year=0&lang=0&author=&search=Search
[2] Kings College of London, International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Population List, 8th Ed. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads.php?searchtitle=world+prison&type=0&month=0&year=0&lang=0&author=&search=Search
[3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States (2010 estimate)
[4] This number reflects state prison inmates only. There are an additional, 82, 662 inmates in county jails. Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?cat egory=528
[5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California (2009 estimate)
[6]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France (2010 estimate)
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany (2010 estimate)
[8]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom (2010 estimate)
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23strikes-t.html
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California#State_finances
[11] Pew Center on the States, The Long Reach of Incarceration, Table A-3 http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/topic_category.aspx?category=528
[12] SF Chronicle. Jan. 24, 2010, Matier & Ross reported:
"There's a reason the state boasts that being a prison guard is "the greatest entry-level job in California."
For starters, there's the $73,000-a-year base pay.
Then come the extras like:
-- Fifty cents an hour additional pay for working nights.
-- A $530 annual uniform allowance.
-- A $100-a month bonus for being bilingual.
-- A $135-a-month raise for having at least a community college degree.
-- As much as $130 a month in incentive pay for being able to pass a physical fitness test.
-- Premium pay of $2,100 to $2,400 a year for working at any one of seven prisons, including San Quentin.
In addition, the state kicks in a contribution equaling 2 percent of a guard's pay to his or her retirement account. For senior guards, who make up two-thirds of the force, that amounts to $1,475 a year.
But the real jewel is a pension that allows guards to retire with about 90 percent of their income after 30 years on the job."
[13]http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060228/news_1n28guards.html
[14]http://wapedia.mobi/en/California_Department_of_Corrections_and_Rehabilitation
