CSPAN2 @ 2:45pm - American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

[Viva_La_Revolution]

American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

Author: Sasha Abramsky

Saturday, August 18, at 2:45 PM

Sasha Abramsky decries the present state of American prisons in his book, "American Furies." He argues that for largely political reasons, prisons focus not on rehabilitating inmates but instead on vengeance. Mr. Abramsky contends that mandatory minimums, long sentences for non-violent offenders, private prisons and other criminal justice issues have large social costs and demean American culture.

Sasha Abramsky is a freelance journalist and senior fellow at the Demos Foundation. Born in the United Kingdom to an American mother and British father, he moved to the United States for graduate school and today lives in California.

[snappyturtle]

1. Thanks Viva! Just set the DVR....it's the American way: supporting

entrepreneurship--private prisons..gotta keep 'em filled. I think that has more to do with the large numbers of the incarcerated than vengeance but I'll more than willing to hear that viewpoint.

[Bozita]

2. ...and Richard Viguerie is ripping the corporatist Bushies now BIGTIME

The Abramsky presentation was excellent!