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Vincardog

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9. If we are going to have Corporate Prisons these are the clients for them. Send them all

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 11:46 AM

Feb 2012

to the GOP's private prison friends. You know the ones that argue against legalizing MM and want the horrid Mandatory Minimum
sentences in the first place.

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Life, With Dementia: Convicted Killers Caring For Other Inmates [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 OP

This thread interests me - can I read more? New Yawker Feb 2012 #1

I found this link: Cerridwen Feb 2012 #2

Thanks! nt Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 #3

Yah, sure, yabetcha! :) n/t Cerridwen Feb 2012 #6

NY Times article -> pinto Feb 2012 #5

Well I'm impressed dballance Feb 2012 #4

A serious question Bragi Feb 2012 #7

A compassionate society vim876 Feb 2012 #8

Many have no where to go. Some have no family outside, or they are unable to provide care; pinto Feb 2012 #12

If we are going to have Corporate Prisons these are the clients for them. Send them all Vincardog Feb 2012 #9

You really want gas chambers? Let corporations do this work unsupervised. saras Feb 2012 #10

IF they did that they would no longer get the per diem for that prisoner. Vincardog Feb 2012 #11

Is there no form of compassionate release? Under US Law nt. MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #13

Yes, in CA. (State prison systems generally operate under state, not federal, law.) pinto Feb 2012 #14