Michael Douglas blasts the US penal system at the Emmys. He's exactly right | Sadhbh Walshe - http://feeds.theguardian.com/c/34708/f/663838/s/31a3e4a6/sc/38/l/0L0Stheguardian0N0Ccommentisfree0C20A130Csep0C240Cmichael0Edouglas0Eemmys0Eson0Eprison0Esystem/story01.htm
In the year 2013 in the United States of America's penal system a hapless addict is sentenced to two years of solitary confinement for availing himself of the illegal drugs that permeate the corrupt U$ penal system. We only learn about it because the victim prisoner is rich and famous.