New ICE rule, requested by top contractor, ends pay requirement for migrants who work while detained

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14. IMO, anything that draws its existence from the public,

and that includes prisons and other detention like centers, also utility companies, etc., should be held in *public* accountability, they should NOT be held by private corporations. They should work like non profits. Where there's a profit motive there's always an environment that harms individuals... either directly or indirectly. It's about time this world grew up to recognize the fact that money corrupts... and more money just means more corruption. We can never have a decent civil society as long as that society is ruled by money. And that doesn't mean I'm against capitalism. As far as I can see, it's one of the least horrible economic theories. However, capitalism, itself, must be regulated with the public good foremost... not the profits of CEO's and others. We're coming into a time when this is going to be paramount as the big wigs start forcing more and more AI into every aspect of our lives. And AI may or may not gain consciousness (I doubt it), but the harm it can do as a programmed learning module is immense. It'll be learning from the CEO's of companies like these for profit prisons, and end up imprisoning all of us in one way or another. Just my opinion... YMMV, of course. But I see regulation and rules to protect us from all these encroachments as paramount to the way of life we want to live.