US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has once again blasted the mass incarceration and vast income inequality in the country, two common themes in his election campaign.
Sanders was addressing a rally on Sunday at the Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
He said the US incarcerates more people than any other country in the, which has a direct relationship with youth unemployment. “What about investing in jobs and education rather than in jails and incarceration?”
“We spend $80 billion a year locking people up,” he added.
Sanders also covered his usual proposal of redistributing wealth more evenly, and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. “Wages in this country are too damn low.”