“In 2014, prison-related policies also cost the U.S. economy as much as $87 billion in gross domestic product — the value of all goods produced and service provided by a nation in a given year — according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. Authors of the center’s report, released Thursday, reviewed Bureau of Justice … Continue reading The US Robbed Itself of $87 Billion in 2014 By Not Hiring Formerly Incarcerated People