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Initech

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

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Thu May 10, 2012, 02:57 PM

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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