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In Pennsylvania, prison still a growth industry

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Karen Heller: In Pennsylvania, prison still a growth industry Incarceration is big here. The state even exports inmates. By Karen Heller Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist June 27, 2010 Great news: For the first time in a decade, state prison populations declined last year, with almost half of all states reporting decreases, even tough-as-bullets Texas. However, and you knew there was a however, Pennsylvania led the nation in growth, adding nearly as many inmates, 2,214, as state prisons cumulatively lost. Pennsylvania is so invested in the prison business - the Land of Oz - that we export inmates to Michigan and Virginia facilities. Says civil rights and criminal defense lawyer David Rudovsky, "Instead of shipping produce and other products of economic benefit, we're shipping prisoners...continue to full post

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