– #A brief compilation/consolidation of Curriculae on the American Prison Archipelago –
It is difficult not to conclude that American society has what might be termed Capitalism with a vengeance—a reverence for the values of individualism, competition, and profit of such intensity as to provide incentives to crime that go well beyond a level that must be considered inevitable in a modern complex society, even a basically capitalist one. (Edwin M. Schur, Our Criminal Society: The Social and Legal Sources of Crime in America)
+++ TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN +++
GOODREADS #1 | PROFITEERS OF THE POISON TREE
+++ Prison Industrial Complex +++
+++ Private Prisons Industry +++
+++ Prison Profiteers +++
+++ Banking On Bondage +++
+++ Public Profiteering Of Prison Labour +++
GOODREADS #2 | MASS MEGALOMANIA
+++ Mass Incarceration +++
+++ Mass Incarceration & Poverty +++
+++ Mass Incarceration & People Of Colour +++
GOODREADS #3 | EERIE ECONOMY
+++ Economic Burden Of Incarceration +++
GOODREADS #4 | ERRONEOUS EDUCATION
+++ Education, Crime & Mass Incarceration +++
GOODREADS #5 | ICE ICE BABY
+++ Immigration & Customs Enforcemment (ICE) +++
GOODREADS #6 | FAMILY BUSINESS
+++ The Geo Group (GEO) +++
Legal philosophy in its long career has found a score of ways to ask whether judges are themselves consumers of the law. Does a judge assume any political responsibility of an ethical nature when he enforces in immoral private law (i.e., a contract) or an inhumane public law (i.e., a statute)? If you do, has he a "legal" right to refuse enforcement? ... The proposition that judges too may be consumers of the law has immediate practical applications. ... The majority have neglected the interest of the judge as consumer of the law while the minority have concentrated on his interest to the exclusion of everyone else's. (Edmond Cahn, Confronting Injustice)
By the way, ‘s anyone ever been accused of /convicted on a crime without a victim ... anyone, anyone?
Respectfully yours,
Cal Caleido
POSTSCRIPTS on the United States‘ doubtful Certificate of Good Conduct
PART 1 | COLORFUL LOOSERS AMONG WHITE WINNERS?
# Poverty Among Minority Groups (At Odds With Justice/Education Funding)[1]
# Racial Discrimination and Profiling (At Odds With Justice/Education Funding)[2]
# Correlation Of Poverty And crime (At Odds With Justice/Education Funding)[3]
# Cost Of Crime (At Odds With Justice/Education Funding)[4]
PART 2 | COST OR INVESTMENT?
# Education Funding (At Odds With Justice Funding)[5]
# Justice Funding (At Odds With Education Funding)[6]
PART 3 | BANKED OR NOT?
# Unbanked People (At Odds With Health Care & More)[7]
# Americans Without Health Care (At Odds With Banking System & More)[8]
PART 4 | MORE UNEASY US ISSUES?
# Trump (Constitutional Ink Eradicator[9])
# Homework (Open Issues[10])
Frame of Reference
Incarceration: Trump’s Gulag Of Costly Islands In The Sun!
The Message! A Damning Indictment Of Modern American Society!
Nikki Haley‘s Odd Principle ...
[1] Poverty Rates for Blacks and Hispanics Reached Historic Lows in 2019 (census.gov) ––– Race/Ethnic Income Gap Growing Among U.S. Working Poor Families | PRB ––– Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians | Pew Research Center
[2] Race and crime in the United States (Wikiped) ––– Racial profiling in the United States (Wikiped) ––– Racial profiling (Wikiped) ––– related as follows: Racial Profiling: Past, Present, and Future? (americanbar.org) ––– Systemic Racism in Crime: Do Blacks Commit More Crimes Than Whites? | Online Library of Liberty (libertyfund.org) ––– Criminal Victimization of Minorities - A Statistical Profile | National Institute of Justice (ojp.gov) ––– One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing – The Sentencing Project ––– How black, white Americans differ in views of criminal justice system | Pew Research Center
[3] Correlates of crime (Wikiped) ––– related as follows: Poverty and crime – insidetime & insideinformation ––– The Relationship Between Poverty and Crime: A Cross Section Analysis (bryant.edu) ––– Poverty and crime – insidetime & insideinformation
[4] The Aggregate Cost of Crime in the United States | The Journal of Law and Economics: Vol 64, No 4 (uchicago.edu) ––– The Cost of Crime (antoniocasella.eu)
[5] The US spends more on education than other countries. Why is it falling behind? | US education | The Guardian ––– related as follows: TCF Study Finds U.S. Schools Underfunded by Nearly $150 Billion Annually ––– Cost of Inadequate Education to Society Is Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, Researchers Say | Teachers College, Columbia University
[6] Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Request Budget Proposal to Uphold the Rule of Law, Keep America Safe, and Protect Civil Rights | United States Department of Justice ––– Department of Justice (DOJ) | Spending Profile | USAspending ––– related as follows: U.S. spends twice as much on law and order as it does on cash welfare, data show - The Washington Post ––– DOJ: JMD: BS: Budget Trend Data, Department of Justice Funding for Fiscal Years 1988 thru 2003 Request for VCRP, Mandatory, and Direct
[7] Unbanked population in the U.S. 2011-2024 | Statista ––– The Unbanked and Underbanked Population 2023 | Self Financial ––– related: The Costs Of Being Unbanked Or Underbanked – Forbes Advisor
[8] Americans without health insurance1997-2023 | Statista ––– The Share of Americans without Health Insurance in 2022 Matched a Record Low (pgpf.org) ––– Key Facts about the Uninsured Population | KFF ––– The Share of Americans without Health Insurance in 2022 Matched a Record Low (pgpf.org)
[9] Related features as follows: TrumPutinian Tango & Th‘ Russian Mafia! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Making Russia Great Again: - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– An American Idiot’s Helter Skelter! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– An American Idiot’s Helter Skelter! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– When Trump said: "We're going to the Capitol!" ... - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Ink Eradicators of The US Constitution: - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– A Counterfeit World: Not only Trump’s. - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Trump’s Sweet Little Lies! - Cal Caleido’s Substack
[10] Related features as follows: Repubs vs Democs | A Nation Going Paranoid: - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Liberty’s Eye of The Tiger! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– RE: Tirement in Dire Straits! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Greenspan’s Stunt Show! - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– Beware of the Alien Nation: - Cal Caleido’s Substack ––– || ––– Some examples in alphabetical order as follows ––– Crime (Violence): FBI — Violent Crime ––– Discrimination (Racial Profiling): Racial Profiling | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org) ––– Discrimination (Racism): Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination (justice.gov) ––– Discrimination (Reverse Discrimination): Reverse Discrimination - FindLaw ––– Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse in the United States (fmprc.gov.cn) ––– Employment (Unemployment): Employment Situation Summary - 2023 M04 Results (bls.gov) ––– Homelessness: How many homeless people are in the US? What does the data miss? - USAFacts ––– Homeownership: How Many Homeowners Are There In The U.S.? 51+ Statistics! (simplyinsurance.com) ––– Illiteracy: Illiteracy Among Adults in the United States - Ballard Brief (byu.edu) ––– Incarceration (Business): The American Prison System: It’s Just Business (fordham.edu) ––– Incarceration (Inmates): United States of America | World Prison Brief (prisonstudies.org) ––– Income Inequality (Rich Poor Gap): The Wealth Gap Costs the US Economy $300 Billion Every Year: Study (businessinsider.com) ––– Poverty (Children): Child Poverty in America - Facts, Statistics | United Way NCA ––– Poverty (Senior Citizens): Poverty Among the Population Aged 65 and Older (fas.org) ––– Prostitution: Prostitution in the United States - HG.org ––– Suicide: Suicide statistics | AFSP ––– Trafficking: About Human Trafficking - United States Department of State ––– Unbanked People: The Costs Of Being Unbanked Or Underbanked – Forbes Advisor ––– Uninsured Citizens (Health Care): Key Facts about the Uninsured Population | KFF etc.
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