Guards Watch While Inmate Assaults Fellow Prisoner

[Mimosa]

How did it happen that prison management was turned over to private corporations in which people can own stock? Somehow, this stuns me.


The video is at the link. I have not yet watched it. :(


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/11/30/2010-11-30_brutal_prison_beating_caught_on_tape_as_inmate_assaults_fellow_prisoner_while_gu.html

Excerpt:

A savage prison beating in an Idaho correctional facility has been caught on tape, showing a young inmate brutally attacked by another prisoner while surrounding guards look on and do not intervene.

In the security footage obtained by The Associated Press, Idaho Correctional Center inmate Hanni Elabed, 24, can be seen being thrown to the ground and brutally beaten and kicked by fellow inmate James Haver for roughly two minutes.

At one point, Haver even takes a break before resuming the attack.

Though Elabed tried to alert the guards to help him, he was ignored until Haver chose to stop beating him, at which point the room was opened and Haver handcuffed.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/11/30/2010-11-30_brutal_prison_beating_caught_on_tape_as_inmate_assaults_fellow_prisoner_while_gu.html#ixzz16pIC93LI

[Angry Dragon]

1. We watch this country slide down the path to hell

and the elected officials care not.........

[NuclearDem]

2. I know that not all COs are like this...

But these guys are a total disgrace. :(

[Mimosa]

3. A longer article about the attack on Mr. Elabed here

Here's a longer article with more details:

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-enterprise-guards-shown-758949.html

There are many reasons even I, not an expert, can think of why prisons should not be turned over to private companies. About Corrections Corporation of America:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/news/article.aspx?feed=MW&date=20101129&id=12459059