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In reply to the discussion: The untold horrors of Rutherford County, TN [View all]Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)32. Oh yes, she's insane
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All incarceration makes a profit; the system relies on itself to feed itself.
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2021
#1
Using poor children as profit centers isn't just limited to private detention centers
dlk
Oct 2021
#5
I'm still astonished that Idaho threw out the private prison corporation that was running our state
brewens
Oct 2021
#6
If we want to end abuses like this, then we must, MUST, take the profit motive away
PatrickforB
Oct 2021
#12
If we want to end abuses anywhere, then we must take the profit motive away.
OldBaldy1701E
Oct 2021
#37
For-profit prisons are an abomination. They should be outlawed at the federal level.
Lonestarblue
Oct 2021
#18
So many seem to have this direct pipeline to God, all seem to be Republicans. Strange God.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2021
#29
State lawmakers called the case "unconscionable," "inexcusable," "insane."So how did this happen?
spanone
Oct 2021
#24
And we worry about corrupt justice systems overseas?...start in the homeland.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2021
#27
ALL prisons, not just private, should have intense scrutiny by members of the public.
KY_EnviroGuy
Oct 2021
#43