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UK: Taking on the Titans: he US prison system, with its superjails, now warehouses one in 100 of our citizens. That's not a model the UK should emulate. By Julia Sudbury

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Taking on the Titans The US prison system, with its superjails, now warehouses one in 100 of our citizens. That's not a model the UK should emulate By Julia Sudbury guardian.co.uk Saturday July 26 2008 The first slavery abolitionists were represented as extremist and utopian. Until the late 18th century, the idea of eliminating this deeply-rooted institution was unimaginable. Yet, 12 individuals who first met in a London printing shop in 1787 eventually managed to create enough momentum that, 51 years later, slavery ended in Britain's colonies. Today, I believe that imprisonment ? another practice violating human freedom and equality ? could follow suit. I am not alone. In September 1998, over three thousand people gathered in Berkeley, California, for the founding conference of Critical Resistance and thousands more are expected to attend our 10-year anniversary conference and strategy this September...continue to full post

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