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14. Drug treatment centers too

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:27 AM

May 2012

From what I have read, adolescent drug treatment centers are nothing but torture camps too. The keep conning the parents and "they system" out of more and more money saying the kid needs to "stay longer" to get well. They are often psychologically destroyed.

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The Unbelievable Brutality Unleashed on Kids in For-Profit Prisons [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

Pure Dickens. no_hypocrisy May 2012 #1

+ xchrom May 2012 #3

Or the movie and novel "Holes" Odin2005 May 2012 #17

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" tclambert May 2012 #47

++ valerief May 2012 #49

BTW until the 19th Century, all prisons in Britain were for-profit. no_hypocrisy May 2012 #50

And yet we have DUers who will defend private prisons all the way to spittle flecked irrationality.. Fumesucker May 2012 #2

dude...that was just Crazy... xchrom May 2012 #6

I was watching the exchange and concluded you were talking to someone in the private prison business NNN0LHI May 2012 #19

I don't get you. randome May 2012 #26

The particular poster I was linking to was definitely pro private prisons.. Fumesucker May 2012 #27

Not everyone has your friend's smarts, I would guess. randome May 2012 #28

[sob] LEAVE PRIVATE PRISONS ALONE [/sob] MattBaggins May 2012 #34

very, very sad... handmade34 May 2012 #4

Wow what invalid comparisions CBGLuthier May 2012 #9

Poisoning may not be as acutely brutal but it is still harmful and cruel. MH1 May 2012 #32

I read it the same way as you, MH1. /nt October May 2012 #43

It's the Roman Colosseum redux. marmar May 2012 #5

no, it's not. this is about greed cali May 2012 #7

No doubt....but a guard encouraging a fight seems Colosseum-esque to me. marmar May 2012 #11

How about group home employees doing it to developmentally disabled clients? It happens. freshwest May 2012 #31

not to mention decades of encroachment of the line between children and adults in the justice HiPointDem May 2012 #12

a bit of history mopinko May 2012 #20

so is the prohibition of child labor. so is social security. so is the vote for women. etc. HiPointDem May 2012 #39

you missed my point. mopinko May 2012 #45

no, i understood your point, such as it was. i just see it as an attempt to minimalize the HiPointDem May 2012 #55

Private prisons are a crime malaise May 2012 #8

This shit needs to hit the main stream. America should not let this think May 2012 #10

brutal DURec KG May 2012 #13

Drug treatment centers too get the red out May 2012 #14

Google "Straight, Inc" and "Mel Sembler" Cooley Hurd May 2012 #30

Yes, I've read those get the red out May 2012 #35

No civilized society would allow this. Disgusting. n/t DLevine May 2012 #15

Bingo jwirr May 2012 #22

OMGOMGOMGOMG!!! Odin2005 May 2012 #16

Brutality is a problem Brooklyn Dame May 2012 #18

I saw the picture of the old time prisons below - what came to mind is that back then they put jwirr May 2012 #21

During college, I was privileged to work at a detention center for juveniles. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #23

Monstrous pmorlan1 May 2012 #24

Absolutely shocking mactime May 2012 #25

This is America's disgrace Tsiyu May 2012 #29

I live near a large military base. dotymed May 2012 #51

Wow, I've been to 5 high school and college graduations of fasttense May 2012 #53

That is so sad Tsiyu May 2012 #54

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #33

Shame. Shame. Shame. Scuba May 2012 #36

Private prisons epitomize everything thats wrong with "privatization" 99th_Monkey May 2012 #37

Forgive me, but- USA! USA! USA!. We're number one! Gregorian May 2012 #38

k&r Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #40

They're corporate death camps meow2u3 May 2012 #41

Anyone who supports for-profit prisons can GO FUCK THEMSELVES Blue Owl May 2012 #42

OMG, so true! It is absurd. Excellent point. /nt October May 2012 #44

Agreed... KansDem May 2012 #48

If you don't want to be tortured, killed, maimed or locked in a room w no food or water for 5 days Warren DeMontague May 2012 #46

We need to replace the 13th Amendment 47of74 May 2012 #52

I like this idea. The more I read about private prisons the more I'm convinced they need to go. Initech May 2012 #56