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The prison-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are here with us and are multi-billion dollar enterprises. We can make more money off the kid in Compton if he's a criminal instead of a scholar. It's business.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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