Last week the 71-year-old Simi Valley resident was awarded a $21 million settlement.
At the end of 2016 approximately 2.2 million people were held in federal, state and correctional facilities in the United States.
According to experts, one in three African-American men will spend time in prison if current trends continue.
The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
This link my be of interest to those who would like to know more of the US prison system as an industry.
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