Film · 1999

War on Drugs: The Prison Industrial Complex

The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison system on the planet. Today, 89 percent of police departments have paramilitary units, and 46 percent have been trained by active duty armed forces. The most common use of paramilitary units is serving drug-related search warrants, which usually involve no-knock entries into private homes.

TMDB ★ 5.2 / 2 Stimmen1 h 33 min
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The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison system on the planet. Today, 89 percent of police departments have paramilitary units, and 46 percent have been trained by active duty armed forces. The most common use of paramilitary units is serving drug-related search warrants, which usually involve no-knock entries into private homes.

Kurzinfos

Originaltitel
War on Drugs: The Prison Industrial Complex
Status
Released
Start
07.10.1999
Laufzeit
1 h 33 min
Originalsprache
en
Genres
Dokumentarfilm

Produktion & Finanzen

Produktionsfirmen
VPRO
Länder
Netherlands, United States of America
Sprachen
English

Regie, Drehbuch, Produktion

Regie
Frank Wiering

Externe IDs

Keywords

prisondrug smugglingwar on drugsliberation of prisonersdrug traffickingwar on freedomdrug usejailmarijuanalegalization

Darsteller

Crew

Cristina BerioEditorial ServicesMarc HomsCamera OperatorFrank WieringDirector

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