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Feed the Student's Knowledge Not the Jails Growing Population!!

Feed the Student's Knowledge Not the Jails Growing Population!!

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 5 months ago
In the United States the government spends approximately $25,000- $50,000 per bed in the penitentiary systems. The United States as a whole holds the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. By pinpointing problems on a state-by-state level, the amount needed to provide a significant change would be better established. In Washington State alone, approximately $8,752 is spent per student annually. People believe that reversing these amounts would reduce prison populations and invigorate the extremely underfunded public schools.

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February 22, 2011

I HAVE BEEN READING ALL YOUR INCREDIBLE STORIES ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN SCHOOL FUNDING AND PRISON SPENDING!! THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY UNSTOPPABLE AND WE ARE EXPOSING THE TRUTH TOGETHER!!

February 22, 2011

THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY UNSTOPPABLE!! WE ARE SHOWING THE WORLD THAT EDUCATION MUST BE THE TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR FUTURE!!

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Linda Richards
15 years ago Featured

OUR SCHOOLS ARE STARVING!! PLEASE FUND THEM PROPERLY INSTEAD OF BUILDING MORE PRISONS. DO THE RIGHT THING.

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Jason Reed
15 years ago Featured

investing in kids is the only way this country gets better. jails are just a bandaid.

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Jessica Jordan
15 years ago Featured

the fact that we spend triple on a jail cell than a desk is pathetic. fix the funding now.

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Mike Lane
15 years ago Featured

Education is the best way to keep people out of trouble. Stop ignoring the schools and start putting money where it actually does some good.

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David Ryan
15 years ago Featured

Common sense. You teach em now or pay for them later. I know what I prefer.

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Sarah Cox
15 years ago Featured

its crazy how much more we pay to lock people up than to teach our own kids. schools are falling apart while jails keep getting bigger. this needs to flip asap.

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