African Americans have the highest incarceration rates of any ethnicity. Over 1,000,000 African American men are incarcerated in America. The African Liberation Support Committee believes this is due to the Privatization of American prisons. Over 100,000 inmates are currently incarcerated in private prisons. This number has increased by 4000% since 1970. The ALSC believes the increase in arrests and incarcerates is due to this increase in privatized prisons. We have proposed two solutions:
1. Decrease spending of "War on Drugs" and increase spending on "War on Poverty". The war on drugs is increasing the number of incarcerates in America, the war on poverty will raise levels of socioeconomic status. By increasing the status of poor Americans it will lessen the likelihood of committing crimes, therefore preventing crime instead of policing it.
2. The ALSC believes the increase in incarcerates is tied directly to the increase in privatized prisons. By outlawing a certain number of privatized prisons, companies will make less profit off of slave labor. By returning the power of the Corrections to the State, there will be less of a need to arrest persons. Therefore we can focus on the need to prevent crime instead of police it.
Trevor Dykes