Horrors of the U.S. prison-industrial-complex gulags.Especially as they relate to the drug war. |
| --- LAST UPDATED FEBRUARY 3, 1999. This article is: http://www.legalize-usa.org/gulags/links.htm *Horrors of the U.S. prison-industrial-complex gulags. Especially as they relate to the drug war.| --- |
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Introduction. 2. Some tables. 3. Prison-industrial-complex links. |
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This article focusses on the horrors of the gulags of
the U.S. prison-industrial complex. The links here
deal more with the horrors done to individuals
at all stages of the criminal and civil justice systems. The main,
though not exclusive, focus is the drug war. For a
look at the horrors of the drug war and the gulags from a bigger
perspective see the related links at the end. Click HERE to get there instantly. See especially the
links:
http://www.legalize-usa.org/tom/charts.htm
*Tables and Charts against Drug War, and
Petro-Pharm-Inc.. [Exposing the U.S. Republican (GOP)
drug-war feudalism, and Republican Fundamentalist Drug War Jihad.
Clickable Links and clickable article Table of Contents. Please
use eco@mailcity.com to send updated data, URLs, table ideas, feedback,
etc.. All is read. Can't promise to reply].|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/racism.htm
*Racism, U.S. Drug War, Young Black Men, &
American Revolution!|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/violence.htm
*Violence, Drugs, Politics, Drug-War prison-industrial
complex.|
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These charts are just a few from:
http://www.legalize-usa.org/tom/charts.htm
*Tables and Charts against Drug War, and
Petro-Pharm-Inc.. [Exposing the U.S. Republican (GOP)
drug-war feudalism, and Republican Fundamentalist Drug War Jihad.
Charts are backed up by many online data-source
URLs with clickable links].|
| __________________________________________________ Percentages.______________________________________ Drug_use_in_the_population_of_12_years_and________ older_in_the_U.S._and_the_Netherlands_(1997)._____ __________Used__________Used__________Used________ __________ever__________past_year_____past_month__ __________USA__Holland__USA__Holland__USA__Holland __________________________________________________ tobacco___70.5*_67.9____32.7*_38.1____29.6*_34.3__ cannabis__32.9__15.6_____9_____4.5_____5.1___2.5__ cocaine___10.5___2.1_____1.9___0.6_____0.7___0.2__ inhalants__5.7___0.5_____1.1___0.1_____0.4____NM__ alcohol___81.9__90.2____64.1__82.5____51.4__73.3__ heroin_____0.9___0.3_____0.3___0.1______NM____NM__ NM_=_not_measurable.____*cigarettes_only__________ __________________________________________________ |
Source U.S.: National Household Survey 1997
SAMHSA, Office of applied studies, Washington DC. Source the
Netherlands: M. Abraham, P. Cohen, M. De Winter: Licit and
Illicit drug use in the Netherlands Uva/CBS, CEDRO.
http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/press/npo1en.html
*1-99. National estimates, drug use in the
Netherlands available, for the first time.|
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| ____________________________________________ Nation_____________Homicide_Rate________Year ______________per_100,000_population________ ____________________________________________ |
| United_States____________6.8____________1997 Canada___________________2.1____________1996 Colombia________________99._____________1993 England_and_Wales________1.4____________1996 Germany____________below_2._____________1996 Holland__________________1.8____________1996 Ireland____________below_2._____________1996 Italy______________below_2._____________1996 Latin_America___________17._____________1993 ____________________________________________ |
| ______________________________________ Child_Poverty_Rate.___________________ (Percent_of_children_in_poverty)._____ By_year.______________________________ ______________1996_______1969____1960_ |
| ______________________________________ Australia._____10_____________________ Britain________half_US________________ Canada.________14_____________________ Germany________half_US________________ Scandinavia.____3_____________________ __(some)______________________________ USA.___________22________13.8_____26__ ______________________________________ |
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| _________________________________________________ ________NATION_________INCARCERATION_RATE_____%__ ___________________per_100,000_population._______ ___________________________1985__|__1995___CHANGE |
| _________________________________________________ ________Russia_______________________690_________ #1.0____United_States_______313______600______+92 ________Belarus______________________505_________ ________Ukraine______________________390_________ ________Latvia______________640______375______-41 ________Lithuania___________405______360______-11 ________Singapore____________________287_________ ________Moldova______________________275_________ ________Estonia_____________455______270______-41 ________South_Africa_________________265_________ ________Cook_Islands_________________225_________ ________Hong_Kong____________________207_________ ________Romania_____________260______200______-23 ________Czech_Republic______270______190______-30 ________Thailand_____________________181_________ ________Poland______________270______170______-37 ________Slovakia____________225______150______-33 ________South_Korea__________________137_________ ________Kiribati_____________________130_________ #4.7____New_Zealand__________________127_________ #4.8____Portugal_____________90______125______+39 ________Fiji_________________________123_________ ________Hungary_____________220______120______-45 #5.2____Canada_______________________115_________ #5.2____Luxembourg___________________115_________ ________Brunei_Darussalam____________110_________ ________Bulgaria_____________________110_________ #5.5____Scotland____________100______110______+10 ________Macau________________________107_________ #5.7____Northern_Ireland_____________105_________ #5.7____Spain________________60______105______+75 ________Malaysia_____________________104_________ ________China________________________103_________ #6.0____England/Wales________90______100______+11 #6.3____France_______________75_______95______+27 #7.1____Germany______________90_______85_______-6 #7.1____Austria_____________120_______85______-29 #7.1____Italy_________________________85_________ #7.5____Switzerland___________________80_________ ________Turkey_______________90_______80______-11 #8.0____Belgium______________65_______75______+15 #9.2____Sweden_______________50_______65______+30 #9.2____Netherlands__________35_______65______+86 #9.2____Denmark______________65_______65_______-- #10.0___Finland______________80_______60______-25 #10.9___Greece_______________35_______55______+57 #10.9___Ireland______________55_______55_______-- #10.9___Norway_______________45_______55______+22 ________Croatia_______________________55_________ #10.9___Malta_________________________55_________ ________Solomon_Islands_______________46_________ #15.0___Iceland_______________________40_________ ________Bangladesh____________________37_________ ________Japan_________________________37_________ ________Slovenia_____________70_______30______-57 ________Cyprus_______________30_______30_______-- ________Cambodia______________________26_________ ________Philippines___________________26_________ ________India_________________________24_________ _________________________________________________ |
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| ________USA_______________________________ ____Incarceration___Total________U.S._____ _______#Rate______Inmates____Population.__ |
| __________________________________________ __1978__#203______452,790____222,584,545__ __1980__#220______501,886____228,289,000__ __1981__#241______555,114____230,480,000__ __1982__#263______610,767____232,641,000__ __1983__#275______645,713____234,721,000__ __1984__#288______681,282____236,789,000__ __1985__#311______742,579____238,948,000__ __1986__#331______799,172____241,105,000__ __1987__#352______856,906____243,291,000__ __1988__#386______948,703____245,537,000__ __1989__#434____1,076,685____247,962,000__ __1990__#458____1,146,401____250,538,000__ __1991__#480____1,216,664____253,391,000__ __1992__#504____1,292,347____256,274,000__ __1993__#527____1,364,881____258,907,000__ __1994__#562____1,469,947____261,391,000__ __1995__#598____1,577,845____263,861,000__ __1996__#618____1,646,020____266,324,000__ __1997__#645____1,725,842____267,636,000__ |
| ________#Rate____Inmates_____Population___ _________per______Total___________________ _______100,000____________________________ ____US_population_________________________ __________________________________________ |
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http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n107.a08.html/all
*2-99. USA. Time magazine:
A Get-Tough Policy That Failed. [mandatory minimum
sentencing, nonviolent drug offenders, 2 and
3-strikes laws, habitual offenders laws, 2 million
behind bars].|
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#singleton
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#editorial
*1-99. Feds May Trade Leniency for
Testimony. and, EDITORIAL: Buying Testimony,
Perverting Justice. [DRCNet, January
15, 1999. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns
Singleton Ruling, and same week as
"Snitches" PBS show].|
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#snitch
*1-99. SNITCH. PBS video on informants.
Info on ordering it, and permission to play it at meetings,
etc..|
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#missouri
*1-99. Forfeiture Scandal in Missouri.
[Good press exposure of typical nationwide forfeiture
loopholes that allow proceeds to be
diverted from schools, and into the coffers of
federal, state, and local police. Usually without
any convictions EVER!!].|
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n028.a06.html/all
*1-99. UPI. Human Rights Watch Slams NY Drug Laws.
[Republican 1973 Rockefeller laws and nonviolent
drug offenders. 1973 GOP laws were first drug
mandatory minimums in the USA].|
http://www.cjcj.org/jpi/nysompr.html
*12-98. New York. Prisons now cost more than higher
education yearly. Republicans' 1973 mandatory-minimum Rockefeller
drug laws to blame. Racism.|
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98dec/prisons.htm
*12-98. The Prison-Industrial Complex. [Atlantic
Monthly magazine. Huge article detailing the incredible
corruption and horror of US incarceration].|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/med_mj/peter_mcwilliams/19981201.htm
*12-98. Peter McWilliams being murdered by Feds.|
http://www.marijuanamagazine.com/toc/toc.htm
*The Medical Marijuana Magazine. Table of contents.
Many articles about Peter McWilliams, Todd McCormick, other
patients, etc.. One-of-a-kind source of info.|
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/072.html#appalachia
*12-98. Appalachia: Under the Gun. [DRCNet on
poverty, intensive federal Drug War
intervention, fighting back, War on Poverty history,
latest poverty, etc.].|
http://www.cjcj.org/jpi/nysompr.html
*12-98. New York. Prisons now cost more than higher
education yearly. GOP's 1973 Rockefeller drug laws
to blame. Racism.|
http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/prisons/u-s.htm
*Human Rights Watch: Prison Conditions in the USA.
[Awesome. Many links. Drug offenders. Mandatory minimums.
Torture].|
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1095.a01.html
*11-98. US CA: Prison Shootings Unjustified. [Republican
Dan Lungren's Death Squads].|
http://www.aclu.org/features/nytimesad100698.html
*10-98. ACLU -- NY Times Op-Ed Advertisement,
October 6, 1998. [ads, lawsuits, bills, faxes, info against "Driving
While Black" drug stops].|
http://www.aclu.org/forms/nytimesad100698-mb.html
*10-98. ACLU -- NY Times Op-Ed
Advertisement, October 6, 1998. ["Driving While
Black" ACLU message BOARD thru October].|
http://www.marijuananews.com/once_upon_a_time.htm
*4-98. "Once upon a time, I believed in
America." A Letter From Will Foster, Serving
93 Years For Medical Marijuana. [sentence reduced since this
letter and worldwide continuing outrage].|
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n191.a07.html/all
*3-98. US NY: Violent,
Sadistic, Racist Officers of the Law.|
http://www.drcnet.org/rapid/1998/1-23.html#17yearold
*1-98. 17 year-old first-time offender
gets 10 years in prison for role in $20 marijuana
sale.|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/playboy.htm
*12-97. "Time Out for
Justice." Drug War sentencing.|
http://www.sproject.com/rep4.htm
*10-95. YOUNG BLACK AMERICANS. [and the criminal
justice system. Sentencing Project report].|
http://www.pressenter.com/~davewest/prisons/
*Prisons: Growth Industry of the Nineties
by Dr. Dave West.|
http://www.prisonactivist.org/
*Prison Activist Resource Center.|
http://www.hr95.org/
*Human Rights and the Drug War.|
http://mojo.calyx.net/~schaffer/LIBRARY/histdrug.html
*The History of The Drug Laws. [Racism of Drug War.
History in vast detail].|
http://www.drcnet.org/rapid/1998/5-8.html#jurors
*USA. Mandatory Life Without Parole for Woman after
First Offense.|
http://www.hr95.org/newbook.htm
*Shattered Lives: Portraits From America's Drug War.
Book by Mikki Norris, Chris Conrad, and Virginia
Resner.|
http://www.spr.org/docs/punk.html
*A Punk's Song. [prison rape. Terminology. Turning
nonviolent into violent. Prisoner power structure. Forced sex
slavery via fear of death. American gulags].|
http://www.spr.org/docs/stats.html
*Rape of Incarcerated Americans: A
Preliminary Statistical Look. [scary stats
considering that most US inmates are from Drug War/trade/money].|
http://www.prop1.org/legal/prisons/police01.htm
*U.S. Slowly Drifting Toward a Police State. [and
Reagan info].|
http://www.prop1.org/legal/prisons/970317itt.htm
*Prisons, America's Newest Growth
Industry. [and NRA help in filling them
via its strong support for mandatory-minimums. Charlton Heston,
etc.].|
http://www.november.org/0502a.html
*Suzan Penkwitz; Women in Prison. [Drug War
"justice"].|
http://www.openix.com/~grayarea/prison8.htm
*Conversations In Prison.|
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jph13/
*Heicklen, Julian Phillip. Tales from Pennsylvania
Prisons.|
http://www.famm.org/
*Families Against Mandatory Minimums.|
http://www.november.org/
*Homepage of the November Coalition
http://www.fear.org/victim.html
*F.E.A.R. - Victim Stories. [forfeiture].|
http://www.gnv.fdt.net/~jrdawson/willfoster.htm
*The story of Will Foster, a martyr in the war on
drugs.|
http://www.november.org/prisoncd.html
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/074.html#voice
*Prisoner Message CD. Voice of the
Prisoner. Audio CD. 25 recorded messages from Drug
War Prisoners and family members. Perfect for radio
clips, public service, web audio, etc.. Free to radio stations.
$11 to others.|
The info below is just a small part of the info
at:
http://www.legalize-usa.org/med_mj/links.htm
*Medical Cannabis links. HUGE list! All health
aspects. Uses, safety, groups, activism, etc.. Many links are
also lists of even more links.|
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| Medical_Cannabis_Wars._(people_from_all_sides).___________ Alphabetical_Chart_(Click_names_to_search_MAP_archives).__ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________past___past_____________ __________________________________/now___/now_____________ _________________________________________/later___________ _________________________________________________War______ ___________________Hero__Patient__POW____Trial___Criminal_ |
| Marvin_Chavez._____!_____!________!!_____!!!_____ Dave_Fratello._____!_____________________________ Laura_Kriho._______!_____________________________ Kay_Lee.___________!_____!_______________________ Dan_Lungren._____________________________________!!! Todd_McCormick.____!_____!________!______!~!_____ Peter_McWilliams.__!_____!________!______!~!_____ Dennis_Peron.______!______________!______!~!_____ Bill_Zimmerman.____!_____________________________ _________________________________________________ |
MAP searches done via clicking names above
are set to "maximum hits to return" of 40.
After you get results you can increase the number, and then hit
the search button again. You can substitute other first and
last names in the URL below to create your own clickable
links in your webpages. Bill Zimmerman is in this example URL
below. Click it!
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*MAP Search. [Try "ALL News
(1997-99)" for a quick search of all articles in the Drug
News Index of full-text press articles. Enter any
words, or any of the names from the chart above (AND OTHERS
TOO)].|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/searchlgl.htm
*Search. [Legalize-usa.org onsite search engine.
Full-text and very fast. Search for anybody's name
above (AND OTHERS TOO), etc.].|
http://norml.org/search/
*NORML search engine of many NORML sites.
Very fast and can continuously refine serach.|
http://search.druglibrary.org/
*DRC Library Searcher / Catalog. [from
DRCNet. Can search materials not only
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other major reform library on the Web.
Simple or complex searches].|
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During Nazi rule those thought
to be a threat to the
Fatherland were taken prisoner and placed in con-
centration camps. These prisoners were from many
different social and cultural backgrounds. To
distinguish between the prisoners, the Nazis
used a system of color coded cloth badges.
Jews were given yellow stars; half-Jews
were given yellow triangles; feminists
were given black triangles; Gypsies
were given brown; and gay men,
pink. The green triangle was
given to 'common criminals' or
those who had been convicted
of minor crimes, including
drug law violators. At
the time of Nazi rule,
a very stringent set
of anti-drug laws
was in effect --
laws that were
very similar
to those
used now
in the
U.S.
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http://www.deoxy.org/greentri.htm
*The Symbolism of the Green Triangle.|
http://www.etext.org/Politics/Essays/SwastikaShadow
*SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA.|
http://www.feist.com/~hemplady/prisons1.htm
*prisons1 [Drug War prison LABOR CAMPS and ABUSES].|
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/media/rlmiller.htm
*Review: Drug Warriors and Their Prey.|
http://www.legalize-usa.org/reviews/html/durg-warriors.htm
*Drug Warriors and Their Prey [Book
Review by Drug War POW].|
http://www.november.org/TomsRant02.html
*1-98. "Controlled Substances Law to have a body
part removed."|
http://www.marijuananews.com/death_to_the_druggies.htm
*3-98. "DEATH TO THE DRUGGIES" A
Look at Prohibitionist Rhetoric and Its Consequences by Julian
Heicklen.|
http://www.sju.edu/~andah/kwame.htm
*Robert Nesta Marley [Jamaica,
Ethiopia, EARLY FASCIST HISTORY].|
http://www.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/declare.html
*Academic American Encyclopedia: Declaration of
Independence.|
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| ===================================== Click these comprehensive U.S. Republican Drug War links: --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/gop/links.htm *The U.S. Republican (GOP) Drug War. HUGE list of links. GOP responsible for vast majority of bad U.S. drug-war legislation.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/tom/charts.htm *Tables and Charts against Drug War, and Petro-Pharm-Inc.. [Exposing the U.S. Republican (GOP) drug-war feudalism, and Republican Fundamentalist Drug War Jihad. Clickable Links and clickable article Table of Contents. Please use eco@mailcity.com to send updated data, URLs, table ideas, feedback, etc.. All is read. Can't promise to reply].| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/tom/charts.htm#healthcare *Universal Healthcare, Total Taxes, Harm Reduction, U.S. Republican drug war, Bubba BOB BARR. Page down to it if sent to the top.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm *Power Links [Saner Cannabis and Drug Policies Worldwide. Versus U.S. Republican (GOP) drug war].| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm#flipside *The Flip Side. The U.S. Republican (mostly) drug war. Page down to it if sent to the top.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/gop/bob_barr.htm *Big Bubba BOB BARR Busted! Republican (GOP) Moralistic Tyranny. GOP Drug-war Jihad, Sexual McCarthyism, Fundamentalist Fanaticism.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/legislation/1998dpf-review.htm *11-98. 1998 USA drug war legislation. [A summary. In 1998 Republican (GOP) sponsored nearly all the bad bills].| --- |
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these assorted, related links. --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/power_links.htm *Power Links [Saner Cannabis and Drug Policies Worldwide. Versus U.S. Republican (GOP) Drug War. (GOP sponsors nearly all the bad U.S. Drug War legislation).]| --- http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#research *Nations where cannabis is legal, decriminalized, tolerated. Also, saner drug policies worldwide. Research (Cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links. Research section). Many nations' links. One-of-a-kind source. Page down to "research" section if sent to top of list.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/ideology.htm *Ideology, Idiot-ology, Political Parties, & the U.S. Drug War. All sides of the political spectrum covered. And healthcare.| --- http://www.gnv.fdt.net/~jrdawson/drugwar102.htm *Drug War 101 [1980-97 U.S.] Incarceration rates [& In 2nd half - Progressive nations' cannabis and drug policies. Many links!]| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/report.htm *Shocking Statistics [GOP-Reagan-Bush tripling of incarceration rate through drug war and mandatory minimum drug sentences, etc.].| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/dream.htm *The Drug War and the American Dream [History of Republican (GOP) drug war starting with Nixon].| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/racism.htm *Racism, U.S. Drug War, Young Black Men, & American Revolution!| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/violence.htm *Violence, Drugs, Politics, Drug-War prison-industrial complex.| --- http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#political *Linkname: Political [Cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links]. Political section. Page down to "political" section if sent to top of list. Here you will find many Drug-War, Death-Squad links exposing the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc. here and abroad, in Colombia, Latin America, etc..| --- http://www.cannabis.com/linkscgi/links.shtml#medical *Medical Marijuana links galore! Uses, safety, myths, facts, groups, activism, etc.. Linkname: Medical [cannabis.com: Cannabis Related Links]. Medical section. Page down to "medical" section if sent to top of list.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/med_mj/links.htm *Medical Cannabis links. HUGE list! All health aspects. Uses, safety, groups, activism, etc.. Many links are also lists of even more links.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/documents/HTML/healthcare.htm *Eco-Harm Reduction versus Drug War and PETRO-PHARM, INC.. Cannabis, US Healthcare, Universal Healthcare, Total Taxes, Quality of Life, Mother Earth.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/hemp/nicaragua/hemp-agro.htm *1-99. USA-DEA. Canadian hemp farmers in Nicaragua face 20 years prison. [for growing Nicaraguan government-approved hemp crop. DEA control of Nicaragua].| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/death-squad/links.htm *HUGE list of Drug-War, Death-Squad links exposing the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc. here and abroad, in Colombia, Latin America, etc.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/glasnost/forums.htm *Message forums with cannabis, drug-war, entheogen, drug-reform, and drug-related threads. Web-based bulletin boards. Many Direct Links.| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/glasnost/email-lists.htm *EMAIL LISTS. Cannabis, drug war, entheogen, drug reform, drug policy, etc..| --- http://www.legalize-usa.org/gulags/links.htm *Horrors of the U.S. prison-industrial-complex gulags. Especially as they relate to the drug war.| --- |
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