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Moostache

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4. This is one of the great injustices ever and no one cares...

Reply to woo me with science (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 02:00 AM

Apr 2013

The outsourcing of detention and incarceration centers from government control to private control is enough. A line should have been drawn BEFORE this was ever allowed, but it should be eradicated and anyone who works for CCA that attempts to lobby on this or influence votes should be forced to stay in one of their own facilities for the next 10 years.

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Private Prison Corporation's Letters Reveal Industry's Tactics: Profiting from Human Incarceration [View all] woo me with science Apr 2013 OP

kr. that's a very dark document. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #1

K&R! TeamPooka Apr 2013 #2

Private prisons would not happen in a civilized democratic society. Coyotl Apr 2013 #3

Guess that says what we are as a nation! emsimon33 Apr 2013 #6

This is one of the great injustices ever and no one cares... Moostache Apr 2013 #4

Rather than drawing a line, this administration woo me with science Apr 2013 #13

This is what we have devolved to. TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #5

This is a symptom of what happens when the people don't matter and corporate profits do. Initech Apr 2013 #7

Gang usage apparently allows CCA to increase its profits. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #8

This is horrifying. woo me with science Apr 2013 #15

Capitalism at it's ugly worst. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #9

Kick and Rec! Fuddnik Apr 2013 #10

This is no surprise to anyone in government. merrily Apr 2013 #11

Part of the great corporate criminal prison enterprise -- here's the piece LuckyLib Apr 2013 #12

They don't even regard them as people, it's all about 'beds' ck4829 Apr 2013 #14

+1 Yes, beds and per diems. woo me with science Apr 2013 #16

Fucking sickening Blue Owl Apr 2013 #17

And the really horrifying part here is that this is a *growing* industry, woo me with science Apr 2013 #27

Goddamn. jsr Apr 2013 #18

Critically important. It's an abomination to be building entire industries woo me with science Apr 2013 #23

It is truly obscene and abhorrent jsr Apr 2013 #24

The Obama administration is aggressively growing private prisons, woo me with science Apr 2013 #19

From the budget: ProSense Apr 2013 #20

That's the same commercial you gave last time. woo me with science Apr 2013 #21

Actually, ProSense Apr 2013 #22

I didn't see an answer to the OP's questions n/t brentspeak Apr 2013 #26

kick woo me with science Apr 2013 #25

One more, in a long ugly list, of abuse against the American people, perpetrated by our reps usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #28

kick woo me with science Apr 2013 #29