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5. I could not agree more. The American prison-for-profit system - EVERYTHING ABOUT IT - is a vivid...

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 12:58 PM

Sep 2014

...hallmark of our decaying society. Prisons for profit? The founders would gag... and then start another revolution.

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The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why. [View all] applegrove Sep 2014 OP

That is great news. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #1

cannot be sure of that hfojvt Sep 2014 #3

That is just a bummer for the prison-for-profit industry! Raster Sep 2014 #2

It's unconscionable to have a prison-for-profit industry Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #4