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WhiskeyGrinder

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18. I'm not saying private prisons are a good thing. I'm saying public prisons are just as shitty,

Reply to Tommymac (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 27, 2021, 12:12 PM

Jan 2021

that about 10 percent of incarcerated people are in private prisons, that all prisons promote systemic racism in the name of the almighty dollar, and that the system cannot be reformed.

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Biden orders end of federally run private prisons [View all] WonderGrunion Jan 2021 OP

Yes! poli-junkie Jan 2021 #1

That headline makes no sense. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author MagickMuffin Jan 2021 #9

Ever expanding "private prisons" incentivize expanded incarceration and they have much less OregonBlue Jan 2021 #12

Private prisons are the way they are because they are an offshoot of public prisons. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #14

Private FOR PROFIT Prisons are on the Stock Market. They need more prisoners to make $$$$$$$ Tommymac Jan 2021 #13

Public prisons need prisoners so they make money for the state, through cheap labor, WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #15

Difference is We The People run and control Public Prisons. Tommymac Jan 2021 #16

I'm not saying private prisons are a good thing. I'm saying public prisons are just as shitty, WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #18

K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #3

K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #4

Joe you out did yourself I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2021 #5

This EO does nothing to free anyone or shut down any private prison. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #6

Put a bunch of sociopaths and narcissists I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2021 #7

Have you been to any prison's? EX500rider Jan 2021 #8

No never been in prison I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2021 #10

State prisons are horrible. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #17

Agreed. OregonBlue Jan 2021 #19

K&R UTUSN Jan 2021 #11