For decades, the Soviet Gulags under Joseph Stalin had been considered some of the worst prisons in all of history. But now things have changed.
The United States has far exceeded the horrific tolls of the gulags. In the Soviet example, there were more than 18 million victims during the gulags’ use over four decades.
Around a million people died in the gulags over the years.
Now, as of 2009, the United States tolls soar higher than 7 million in prison, on probation or in some way caught up in the American prison system.
On the surface that might sound like a lot less than the gulag total above. But when you factor in all who have been put through the US prison system, we find a total that is higher than 19 million. That’s more than the 18 million locked up in the gulag system over those forty years.
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http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/08/united-states-just-passed-up-old-soviet-union-gulags-for-largest-prison-system/
While it is true that we didn't kill as many as the Soviet gulags did, millions of lives were stolen just the same.
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