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truedelphi

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2. Please keep this kicked and rec'ced.
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 11:14 PM
Jul 2013

Prisoners are arbitrarily being transferred into these solitary confinement, maximum prisons, and I believe a lot of it is done merely for profit. These maximum security prisons cost a lot of money to build, and to keep up and running.
Without an endless supply of warm bodies to keep them filled - the private companies running these prisons would be losing the money they thought they would be getting.

Rolling Stone detailed the life of one prisoner who was so transferred. He had not done that much wrong - he had been part of an armed robbery when initially sentenced. For no given reason, one day he was simply transferred from the regular prison he was in to a maximum prison where he was kept in solitary confinement. He went stir cray while in confinement, and even now, years after his release back into society, still has PTSD from the confinement experience.

Many prisoners figure out how to kill themselves. Others start mutilating their bodies beyond recognition - as they have gone nuts.

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Good for them. The conditions of solitary in CA JimDandy Jul 2013 #1
It's not just California, though Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #16
Please keep this kicked and rec'ced. truedelphi Jul 2013 #2
Kick felix_numinous Jul 2013 #3
K&R patrice Jul 2013 #4
I wonder if we will see anyone from "the group" comment in this thread. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #5
I wonder if they will tortured via force feeding. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #6
Solitary isn't bad enough? Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #7
I don't want them to be forced fed. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #8
Ooo Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #9
It's time to knock off the stupidity. Low interest rates gave people the ability to build these crap Gregorian Jul 2013 #10
K&R! What a disgrace this is! nt Peace Patriot Jul 2013 #11
Kick - nt HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #12
K & R WheelWalker Jul 2013 #13
Excellent idea ... brett_jv Jul 2013 #14
Not a Human Right's record to be proud of USA... Bonobo Jul 2013 #15
Fall through the cracks, we'll break your backs. malthaussen Jul 2013 #17
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