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America's New Slavery: Black Men in Prison [Video]

By Student Minister Ava Muhammad | Last updated: May 18, 2012 - 12:26:19 PM

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(FinalCall.com) - A new American slave trade is booming, warn prison activists, following the release of a report that again outlines outrageous numbers of young Black men in prison and increasing numbers of adults undergoing incarceration.

Student Minister Ava Muhammad on the New-Slavery of the Prison Industrial Complex. From address at Mosque Maryam, Chicago, IL. May 6, 2012.

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America's New Slavery: Black Men in Prison (FCN, 03-20-2008)

Profits fuel prison growth (FCN, 03-03-2002)

Black incarceration rates tripled during Clinton Presidency (FCN, 03-06-2001) 

The Prison Industrial Complex: Crisis and Control (CorpWatch, 1999)

Private Prisons for Dummies (Paul's Justice Page)