Larry Hoover was born in the southern town of Jackson, Mississippi on November, 30, 1950. ... At the Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois, On July 22, 1978 a violent inmate riot broke out resulting in the death of three of the correctional facilities officers. ... During these times a lot of police departments were describing the Gangster Disciples organization to be one of the most prominent growing gangs in the United States as their numbers were shooting up astronomically. ...

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The funding of Higher Education and corrections and its impact on African American men makes perfectly clearly the society's investment priority's producer commensurate results. ... Between 1980 and 2000, corrections share of state and local spending grew by 104 percent while higher educations share of state and local spending declined by 21 percent African Americans comprises about half of that total. ... Mississippi made it a crime for African Americans to be unemployed or drunk, or to have run away, neglected children, or handled money carelessly. ... All this works, which used...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami's demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. With that, the need for prosecutors and judges also rose. ...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami's demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. With that, the need for prosecutors and judges also rose. ...

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