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We have the biggest prison population in the world. There had to be a reason for that sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #1
it is a bit odd that the 'land of the free' has the highest incarceration rate markiv Mar 2013 #5
+10000 woo me with science Apr 2013 #61
Certainly not JEB Mar 2013 #18
It's been some time & I didn't save the link, CrispyQ Mar 2013 #30
Americans are not going to wake the F up. Many RKP5637 Mar 2013 #52
private prisons create lobbies for longer sentences markiv Mar 2013 #2
Sickeningly close to our health insurance complex. dotymed Mar 2013 #17
So many of our major institutions are corrupt & compromised to the core. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #54
+1 There should never be a profit motive woo me with science Mar 2013 #34
+1 - or denying health care arely staircase Mar 2013 #60
Prison slave labor? I thought we wanted to bring manufacturing back to America! bullwinkle428 Mar 2013 #3
Bring manufacturing back to America? That would require paying a wage Autumn Mar 2013 #4
want a job? get a sentence, not a degree markiv Mar 2013 #6
Well on the bright side, there is health care in prisons. For now. Autumn Mar 2013 #7
Actually, many prisons and most jails dotymed Mar 2013 #20
PLUS They Bill Us for about $3000.00 per fredamae Mar 2013 #32
The figure I've heard is $300 per day per inmate MindPilot Mar 2013 #36
WOW! fredamae Mar 2013 #46
This is chilling, but what I've come to expect from Obama. There is nothing he won't sell out. forestpath Mar 2013 #8
Is it even possible to disagree without resorting to nasty insults? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #21
There's nothing nasty about that. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #28
+1 Go Vols Mar 2013 #43
Yup. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #44
k/r for sad truth green for victory Mar 2013 #9
It's no coincidence that the 80s 'War on Drugs' hysteria occured during the birth of the private markiv Mar 2013 #10
What about the fact that "our" armed forces dotymed Mar 2013 #22
The marijuana war, and also the growing surveillance state woo me with science Mar 2013 #35
What about Locheed, Boeing, Northrup, Raytheon etc. Progressive dog Mar 2013 #11
You are right, of course. woo me with science Mar 2013 #12
Yeah, execpt that those big DoD contrators MindPilot Mar 2013 #38
Government guarantees 90% occupancy rate in private prisons. woo me with science Mar 2013 #13
Anyone signing off on such a guarantee KamaAina Mar 2013 #29
90% is low. MindPilot Mar 2013 #31
K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #14
Just imagine if that money went to education and text books weren't from Texas. valerief Mar 2013 #15
Just imagine. woo me with science Mar 2013 #45
You keep ProSense Mar 2013 #16
Capitalism like for profit prisons Rex Mar 2013 #19
Just So Disturbing On So Many Levels colsohlibgal Mar 2013 #23
+1 Attaching a profit motive to imprisoning human beings woo me with science Mar 2013 #49
Economic prosperity would make this unnecessary. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #24
Hate to say this but... cynzke Mar 2013 #25
How convenient? cynzke Mar 2013 #27
I keep hearing more and more stories like this AnnieK401 Mar 2013 #26
For those who still deny the existence of a police state MindPilot Mar 2013 #33
His baggage though....is hard to ignore... KoKo Mar 2013 #37
Agreed. They advcoate all kinds of freedom except when it comes women's bodies and Jesus. MindPilot Mar 2013 #39
What about ProSense Mar 2013 #40
Yes, I believe I saw that article yesterday MindPilot Mar 2013 #42
Damn... FATNED Mar 2013 #41
Let's nationalize the prison industry. Initech Mar 2013 #47
This is SHAMEFUL. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2013 #48
+1 It's unconscionable. woo me with science Mar 2013 #50
Stop picking on the President. n/t Hotler Mar 2013 #51
I know. It's so unfair. woo me with science Mar 2013 #53
kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #55
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It is being aggressively accelerated under Obama, woo me with science Mar 2013 #57
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You obscure the truth. Obama is using our government to support and grow this private industry. woo me with science Mar 2013 #59
Recommend jsr Apr 2013 #62
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