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ohnoyoudidnt

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25. Private prisons are also using their profit to lobby for longer sentences.

Reply to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 01:09 AM

May 2014

They do not give a damn about rehabilitation. Recidivism is in their best interest. They cut costs by lowering maintenance and staff costs., which endangers both corrections officers and the prisoners.

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Apparently privatization has created an increase in incarcerations. [View all] Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 OP

When prisons are privatized, there is usually a minimum inmate occupancy percentage specified djean111 May 2014 #1

Yes, and that's something else I didn't know. How can this go on under our very noses? nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #19

When I told of privatized prisons burrowowl May 2014 #24

YES!!! Europeans just don't believe it, they don't get it. The U.S. is SO IMMORAL in every way Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #33

Probably a bigger percentage of the increase IDemo May 2014 #2

The program mentioned that too. It's so sick. nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #15

Private prisons need to keep the prisons full so as to make profits. neverforget May 2014 #3

Yes - sick and evil nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #16

This kind of thing is exactly why you have to write policy with the assumption that the... Shandris May 2014 #4

It is time to start. What upsets me is that every day I find out a new for-profit evil in this Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #14

I know, and that terrifies me on a level that very, very few things do. Shandris May 2014 #23

with the drug laws being changed, it should be interesting to see the prison population drop. hollysmom May 2014 #5

Probably not. JoeyT May 2014 #8

I'm not so sure. Look at this: Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #11

They aren't changing the laws, just the enforcement davidn3600 May 2014 #17

SCAM blkmusclmachine May 2014 #6

Big time. The only PLEASING THING is that some of these ahs are ending up in prisons themselves Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #22

Gee Maynar May 2014 #7

Incarceration sometimes means moondust May 2014 #9

Republicans believe that everything can be bought and sold and a profit made of it. By the way... Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #13

Attaching a profit motive to human imprisonment is evil. woo me with science May 2014 #10

I agree. Incredibly evil. nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #12

I really cant believe Go Vols May 2014 #18

I honestly didn't. I knew it was sick to privatize such a thing, but to artificially increase the Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #20

Rich MF's Go Vols May 2014 #21

they go to "correction centers" for PROFIT n/t aggiesal May 2014 #26

rich get richer ... Go Vols May 2014 #27

Gonna bump for reality Go Vols May 2014 #28

Yes it does. That needs to be publicized every chance we get, till it becomes a source of Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #30

Private prisons are also using their profit to lobby for longer sentences. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #25

That's another thing, yes - the corrections officers and prisoners are all in danger. nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #32

We watched that, too. Blue_In_AK May 2014 #29

You did??? The whole time I was horrified watching it. How can something like that happen in this Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #31