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6. This is not the america I loved

Tue May 21, 2013, 07:11 PM

May 2013

for people to make money, and HOPE for more people in jail is UN-american.

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For-Profit Prison Corporations Promise Investors “A Growing Offender Population” [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

Depraved beyond words. silverweb May 2013 #1

Yes, just so sick. ananda May 2013 #4

It's hard for me to read this without throwing things. marmar May 2013 #3

21st century slavery n/t RainDog May 2013 #5

This is not the america I loved DiverDave May 2013 #6

Do these people not get there's such a thing as THE INTERNET? HughBeaumont May 2013 #7

Private prisons = one of the (too many) great shames of this nation. WinkyDink May 2013 #8

But it's all perfectly legal and HP started it!! IDemo May 2013 #9

I can't think of a worse Deny and Shred May 2013 #10

Private, for-profit prisons = 21st century concentration camps meow2u3 May 2013 #11