My father was granted release on parole today, after more than 40 years in prison! 

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Replying to @chesaboudin
"But far from avoiding the legacy of his parents, Boudin embraces it. It is impossible to understand him, the author says, without understanding the strong impression that their politics made on his own." - James Kirchick, The New Republic, Fall 2009
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76 percent of all inmates end up back in prison in 5 years. Food for thought.
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Prisons were originally built for the purpose of rehabilitation and throughout the years they have moved away from the concept of rehabilitation because it wasn't cost effective. They have severely cut educational programs and programs aimed at learning a trade and instead they
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now contract out to other large companies to build products for these companies with the slave labor that they have with inmates who are only paid a few dollars a day, if even that much. The prison industry is now big business and because legislation has passed laws aimed at a
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