Stephen John Hartnett's Challenging The Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism
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Prosecutors are willing to use corrupt tactics, unethical and unfair plea deals to send more people to jail. While politicians get big money to flex their muscles and create new ways to lock more people up, people are left out of the political process, from opportunities and, afraid for their futures. A prison's funding is based on the number of prisoners it holds and the security level it provides, therefore profit comes by getting more prisoners, building more cells and units. Thus, the system will be there to fill the cells with the help from lawmakers, local police and federal agencies. To maintain the overflow of prisoners, the spread a propaganda through TV shows and made up stories about a crime which prompt law enforcements to partially and unjustly round up people of color in the name of public safety.