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Wwcd

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1. Seven Prisons in a State the size of Tennessee?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:31 PM

Aug 2018

Situated in the eastern south-central US, Tennessee ranks 34th in size among the 50 states.

Tennessee is about 440 miles long and 120 miles wide. Population is about 6.5 million (2017)

Ranks 34th out of 50 in size and it has 7 Prisons!

I recall when Jeff Sessions became AG, he stated America needed to "build more prisons".

Kudos to the brave protestors willing to do so to bring attention to this behemoth of for profit systems.

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Seven Prisons in a State the size of Tennessee? Wwcd Aug 2018 #1