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“I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.”

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Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa was an influential American labor union activist, born on February 14, 1913, and died on July 30, 1982. He played a significant role in the American labor movement and served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, profoundly impacting the labor movement in the United States. more

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