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Prison system is failing America by Newt Gingrich and Van Jones
CNN ^ | 05/21/2014 | Newt Gingrich and Van Jones

Posted on 05/21/2014 2:11:25 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

The numbers are arresting.

If Americans under correctional supervision counted as a city of their own, they would form the largest city in the United States after New York.

The number of people in prison, on parole or on probation, 6.9 million Americans, exceeds the populations of the second- and third-largest cities, Los Angeles and Chicago, combined. Or the size of the next four -- Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Antonio -- put together.

Thirty-eight U.S. states are home to fewer people than live under the corrections system in this country. There are about as many people behind bars as live in Chicago. That's one in every 108 Americans. One in 35 are under some form of correctional supervision.

Among African Americans, the numbers are even more horrifying. According to the NAACP, one in three black males born in the United States today is likely to spend time in prison at some point in his life. That's compared with one in six Hispanic males or one in 25 white males.

(Excerpt) Read more at us.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blackpanthers; ferguson; florida; georgia; gingrich; missouri; naacp; newt; newtgingrich; panderer; panderers; prison; rino; vanjones
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To: Responsibility2nd

Newt Gingrich and Van Jones are co-hosts of CNN’s “Crossfire,” which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays.


21 posted on 05/21/2014 2:50:44 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: Responsibility2nd

Political amalgamation has officially broken both of it’s kneecaps on a very dark road.


22 posted on 05/21/2014 2:51:44 PM PDT by februus
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To: Responsibility2nd

Its mostly over drug laws Newt helped enact

And fatherless families


23 posted on 05/21/2014 2:53:06 PM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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To: nascarnation

The prison systems need updating so badly, not even funny. The productive portion of prisons should be turned, over at least in part, to the free market so they could compete. The market should be an important factor in what and how they produce. The cost of retooling would be much less than the total cost of the prison and could conceivably be recovered with profits they earn.


24 posted on 05/21/2014 2:54:04 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Mr. K
if Pot was legal it would go from being $200 an ounce to $5 an ounce overnight

Now, I hear that's not the case in Colorado. That the illegal guys are still in business and doing quite well and prices are nominally lower for the illeagal stuff.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/apr/05/legal-illegal-marijuana-sales-coexist-in-colorado/

Just sayin'

25 posted on 05/21/2014 3:08:56 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I don't think that Newt understands that the Great Big Giant Criminal Justice-Prison Machine pays great money if you're one of the "Good Guy" cogs in the machine.

Looked up a young guy who worked for me many years ago. 7 years ago, he was making $80,000+ as a state prison system GED school principal. Not bad at all...

26 posted on 05/21/2014 3:18:30 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Responsibility2nd
The big-government/big-corporate prison/industrial complex has metastasized and requires more criminals!

Quick! Pass some more laws!

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957

27 posted on 05/21/2014 3:59:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This revolting article is the answer to a question none of us want to ask: How do we know when it’s REALLY over? When Newt and Van collaborate of fecal matter like this......


28 posted on 05/21/2014 4:02:02 PM PDT by NYAmerican
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To: Responsibility2nd

Newt, you sat on that couch with Pelosi, and now you are collaborating with this commie race hustler. Pathetic!


29 posted on 05/21/2014 4:17:37 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Newt, you sat on that couch with Pelosi, and now you are collaborating with this commie race hustler. Pathetic!


30 posted on 05/21/2014 4:17:38 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: PapaNew

How about simply turning prisons into productive places where prisoners earn their keep, instead of burdening the public with the costs? That should be first priority.

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I have said that for many years now. They could work for their keep and, simultaneously, learn the value of work. For many, I am betting, it would be a new experience.

Having them work could help pay for their sustenance and their housing and, also, give them experience and work skills to apply once they are out.


31 posted on 05/21/2014 4:21:39 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Bigg Red

On the other hand, would that take away potential jobs from law-abiding citizens?


32 posted on 05/21/2014 4:22:28 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Responsibility2nd
Newt lies down with a dog and gets up with fleas.

America's prison problem doesn't stem from a failure of correctional theory. It stems from a ubiquitous immorality and its subsequent venality that sends people to prison in the first place.

Van Jones is an admitted Communist. His worldview has brought about the incarceration or death of at least a million of his own people. Like Obama, he is satanically focused on power and revenge. Neither understands sin.

33 posted on 05/21/2014 4:24:22 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: Timber Rattler

Newt does things like this, to show just what an amazing, objective being he is. Reminds me of some girls I knew in college. They thought that they were so superior, so wise, that they could associate with the worst kinds of people and come away untouched in their pristine brilliance.


34 posted on 05/21/2014 4:24:27 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Mr. K

No, they’re counting probation and parole as well.


35 posted on 05/21/2014 4:28:47 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Bigg Red
Common sense commonly ignored. Instead of common sense and reasonable improvements, we get the usual governmental "conventional wisdom" that is stupid and the tyranny of the status quo. Government is inherently stupid and since laws and crime and courts belong within the government domain, we're "stuck on stupid."

But there should be an exception somewhere. Be nice to see a state try using these ideas and allow the free market help out. If just one state did this for awhile, I would bet a lot would follow.

36 posted on 05/21/2014 4:38:26 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ya know somethin’ there Newt, ol’ buddy, ol’ quitter, you’re right.

The prison system is failing. They are not dying off fast enough!


37 posted on 05/21/2014 5:29:27 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Ouderkirk

give it some time


38 posted on 05/22/2014 10:31:03 AM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
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39 posted on 08/30/2014 7:06:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Note: this topic was posted 5/21/2014. Thanks Responsibility2nd.
Newt Gingrich and Van Jones cowrote this screed.

[singing] he is the Panderer, yes the Panderer, panders around around around around around...
40 posted on 08/30/2014 7:06:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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