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Wells Fargo is main investor in for-profit prisons

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In America one out of every 100 citizens is behind bars and most of them are minorities. The United States has 5 percent of the world's population but holds ...

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Debtor Prisons Popping Up Across America | American Free Press

debtors' prisons were abolished in the United States during the mid-1800's, and that this archaic institution now only exists in the most repressive of societies. However, in recent years, courts of

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Are debtors prisons coming back?

Not really, but reports indicate more Americans are being threatened with jail -- or jailed -- for failing to pay their bills. The United States does not have debtors prisons, per se -- they ...

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Miss a traffic ticket, go to jail?

Debtor prisons, once a relic of the 18th century, are making a frightening comeback in the U.S. justice system

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/11/miss_a_traffic_ticket_go_to_jail/

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Articles: A Debtor-Prison Nation

While debtors' prisons were commonplace in the New England early in the formation of our nation, the entire idea of such prisons was met with revulsion by most Americans. Today, however, massive ...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/a_debtor-prison_nation.html

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Although the United States comprises less than 5% of the world's population, it has 25% of the world's prison population. More than 7 million people are under some form of correctional supervision ...

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U.S. sues Wells Fargo for mortgage fraud

U.S. prosecutors sued Wells Fargo on Tuesday, accusing one of the nation's largest mortgage loan makers of fraudulently approving mortgages for some ten years, contributing to the housing meltdown ...

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Wells Fargo's prison cash cow

Glenn Greenwald is on vacation this week and three writers will be filling in for him.] By Charles Davis Wells Fargo is one of the top five largest banks in America, a fact that on its own is ...

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"A driving force behind the push for ever-tougher sentences is the for-profit prison industry, in which Wells Fargo is a major investor. Flush with billions in bailout money, Wells Fargo has been busy expanding its stake in the GEO Group, the second largest private jailer in America. At the end of 2011, Wells Fargo was the company’s second-largest investor, holding 4.3 million shares valued at more than $72 million. By March 2012, its stake had grown to more than 4.4 million shares worth $86.7 million."

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Wells Fargo takes heat over investments in private prison industry | The Raw Story

The advocacy group Small Business United on Thursday called on Wells Fargo to provide a full accounting of investments related to private prisons and immigrant detention centers. Wells Fargo is one

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1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says - New York Times

For the first time in the nation's history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html

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