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21. Prisons are guaranteed a 93% fulfillment rate

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 10:32 AM

Nov 2012

The contracts the government has with the prison system promise that the government will keep the prisons at least 93% full. (the number varies with the particular contract but it is always in the nineties) If they don't, the government is obligated to pay huge penalties to the company.

Your government is contractually obligated to a half-dozen corporations to incarcerate a minimum number of its citizens. That is what this comes down to. Yet our "representatives" turn a blind eye.

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The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline [View all] xchrom Nov 2012 OP

Private prisons need feeder systems malaise Nov 2012 #1

+1 xchrom Nov 2012 #2

Ridiculous...What the hell is next ? Take them behind the school an shoot 'um ? BlueJazz Nov 2012 #3

if they shoot them -- the prisons can't collect your tax dollars. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #4

I think they're also looking for a compliant labor pool rbixby Nov 2012 #32

No, put them out in the field vlyons Nov 2012 #35

The communities in Mississippi which allow their schools to use law enforcement as displinarians Skidmore Nov 2012 #5

Mississppi would secede The Doctor. Nov 2012 #6

watch this video maindawg Nov 2012 #7

One of the two reasons I support the death penalty leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #17

Louisiana NWmomma Nov 2012 #36

Are these kids going to a "Private For Profit prison"?? kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #8

This is so out of control d_r Nov 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Nov 2012 #10

This is our future if we continue to enable corporate takeover woo me with science Nov 2012 #11

+1 xchrom Nov 2012 #12

I'm w/ you, woo. And elections is the place to start. loudsue Nov 2012 #39

........ marmar Nov 2012 #13

I don't even know how to reply to stuff like this gollygee Nov 2012 #14

STOP MY BLUE TAX DOLLARS NYtoBush-Drop Dead Nov 2012 #15

School Reform dterrell Nov 2012 #16

What would they do? gollygee Nov 2012 #19

And I have to ask... CanSocDem Nov 2012 #22

mississippi is a fucking sewer! Estevan Nov 2012 #18

This appears to be Louisiana. nm. AnnaLee Nov 2012 #27

The original article is about Mississippi. n/t loudsue Nov 2012 #40

Or: "Why schools and prisons should NOT be for-profit entities" n/t ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #20

Prisons are guaranteed a 93% fulfillment rate MindPilot Nov 2012 #21

This is what radical free-market capitalism gets you gollygee Nov 2012 #30

Are you sure of this?? That is an abomination! loudsue Nov 2012 #41

Absolutely without a shadow of a doubt MindPilot Nov 2012 #42

It's as bad in TX jeaps Nov 2012 #23

And people wonder JackInGreen Nov 2012 #24

We tried to warn you that the for-profit prisons would look for new "customers"... Romulox Nov 2012 #25

Pure Evil. When will the lamestream media shine a light on this? /nt think Nov 2012 #26

Rise of the police state. Here it is. n/t groovedaddy Nov 2012 #28

Sounds like your average Republican state! mountain grammy Nov 2012 #29

This is an old story. Juvie in MS is like the boogieman. We kids were threatened with it nolabear Nov 2012 #31

This is going on in many places Tsiyu Nov 2012 #33

I'm curious if the prison is a private prison? Capt. Obvious Nov 2012 #34

c'mon people- some of these kids wear the wrong color socks... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #37

This is the ugly underbelly of the south that is still operating today. loudsue Nov 2012 #38

the genie is out of the bottle dennisbaker Dec 2012 #43