More than two million adults are currently incarcerated behind bars, walls, and barbed wire. They away from society and their communities. The U.S. has the highest?incarceration?rate in the world. One of the most troublesome truths about the prison system is that many of these two million prisoners are eventually released. That’s when the real struggles begin for them.?
This video by?Hank Green?of Vlog Brothers fame teamed up with?Visual.ly?to put together this video that addresses the biggest problems with the U.S. prison industry.
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