New PBS Documentary tonight on P.O.V. "Prison Town, USA,"

Up2Late

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Tue Jul-24-07 09:16 PM
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New PBS Documentary tonight on P.O.V. "Prison Town, USA,"

<http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/prisontown/index.html>

"In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America every 15 days. "Prison Town, USA" tells the story of Susanville, California, one small town that tries to resuscitate its economy by building a prison � with unanticipated consequences."

Premiere: July 24, 2007 at 10PM (EDT) | Check Local Listings (Times Vary) <http://www.pbs.org/pov/local_broadcast_v4.html>

<http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/prisontown/about.html>

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Tue Jul-24-07 09:22 PM
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1. K & R!

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Tue Jul-24-07 10:40 PM
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2. kick n/t

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ProudDad

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Wed Jul-25-07 01:23 AM
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3. Another major reason this country is so fucked up

the Prison-Industrial Complex and their feeder system the Criminal-Injustice system...

Institutionalized racism and classism...

Prison Abolition NOW!

http://www.prisonjustice.ca/politics/abolition_alternatives.html

http://www.metaphoria.org/ac4t0008.html

Thanks for the tip. I'm recording it now...

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Up2Late

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Wed Jul-25-07 06:31 AM
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4. Oh, you think that's bad, they barely touched upon the "Prison Industries" part of the story...

...check out this thread from the DU Archive, lot's of outrageous info at the links in that thread: <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2696390#top>

And check out these Privately run ICE Prisons in Texas! <http://www.texaskaos.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2829>

Here's another few link for from another Private Prison related post: <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=775897&mesg_id=776240>

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=775897&mesg_id=776031>

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=775897&mesg_id=776133>

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Wed Jul-25-07 07:49 AM
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5. I came away from that documentary worrying about Lonnie, the wife

and kids. It was most interesting and very well done..I especially enjoyed Lonnie's parole officer's last visit and telling Lon the way for his success would be "God,Country and Family" - Lonnie did good, hope they're okay.

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Wed Jul-25-07 09:24 AM
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6. They moved to Arkansas according to crawlers at film end.

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