Shocking: Nation's First Private Prison Is A Hellhole

[King Poetic]

As Long as u have people in congress and our government invested into it, it's not going away

 

[lamont614]

They're still people, breh. Human beings. A significant amount of inmates are serving time for nonviolent, victimless crimes that most Americans have committed at one point in their lives. They don't deserve to live in a shythole.

if you in prison you did some fukked up shyt get the fukk outta here wit that shyt

 

[lamont614]

Outside of the assault on guards I really don't have a problem with anything in that article. If it were up to me they would be living in even worst conditions and doing slave labor.

specially if they are rapist and molestors or robbers

 

[daze23]

Funny how people are championing socialism because of the failure of a private prison.

*looks at name*

nvm...

 

[Swirv]

States sign contracts with the owners of these private prisons and are obligated to keep them at 90% capacity (% may vary from state to state).

this means that people are being arrested and sentenced in order to fulfill a contract...that's fukked up.

Sovereign citizens arent looking too crazy right now considering that states are essentially condemning citizens to bondage.

 

[Prince Akeem]

This is immoral and inhumane to the core.

But no one will make a big fuss because there all "criminals"

 

[the mechanic]

One positive example, of how many inequitable, dangerous, and murky privatization schemes in this country?

That was kind of what im getting at... thats why so many fail ...you cant take one end of a system and privatise that end the whole system is antiquated

Ask yourself why are petty thieves locked up ..wouldnt it be better to make them compensate their victims ...if someone boosts your car stereo and gets locked up you still have a hole in your dashboard and your taxes go to feed and house the person who deprived you of your property...

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

wait wait...but shouldn't the free private market fix all of our problems??

Not for prisons
Free Market is not for prisons or emergency services IMO
Some cities privatize firemen, some pro free market ppl agree others dont'
I don't!

Socialism however privatizes all 3 branches of Govt. however
Remember that!

 

[Broke Wave]

One positive example, of how many inequitable, dangerous, and murky privatization schemes in this country?

Example wasn't even positive... the owners were bragging about how most of the savings were in salary and benefits. They also bragged about how they have increased flexibitility with their employees because they aren't in any unions, and they don't pay the "ridiculous" salaries that the municipality does. Is that a positive outcome to anyone except the owners of this business? What did society gain except the enrichment of the executives of this small firm? Finally, when did society become so right wing that now the idea of privatizing essential government services has become something even remotely up for debate?

 

[Strapped]

it's all about controlling & looking out for their own while distributing out our state & federal money

 

[Gus Money]

if you in prison you did some fukked up shyt get the fukk outta here wit that shyt

You're wrong but this is a big misconception about people serving time. There are literally millions of poor black/brown men in jail for committing the same nonviolent drug crimes that are committed by white people in suburbs who never see the inside of a prison. Studies have shown that drug use occurs evenly across all racial groups, and some even suggest that whites use drugs at a higher rate (in terms of pure numbers there are far more white drug users than black ones).

Millions of people are caught up in the prison system as a result of marijuana use, yet few reasonable people would classify smoking weed as being fukked up. I can't think of any other country in the world that incarcerates people for years for committed nonviolent drug crimes where nobody is harmed. Not to mention the fact that marijuana is less harmful/addictive than alcohol and tobacco, two drugs that are legal. That's a different topic though.

Edit: You should check out Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" if you have the time. She breaks down how the War on Drugs has targeted black men for nonviolent drug crimes much better than I can.

 

[lamont614]

You're wrong but this is a big misconception about people serving time. There are literally millions of poor black/brown men in jail for committing the same nonviolent drug crimes that are committed by white people in suburbs who never see the inside of a prison. Studies have shown that drug use occurs evenly across all racial groups, and some even suggest that whites use drugs at a higher rate (in terms of pure numbers there are far more white drug users than black ones).

Millions of people are caught up in the prison system as a result of marijuana use, yet few reasonable people would classify smoking weed as being fukked up. I can't think of any other country in the world that incarcerates people for years for committed nonviolent drug crimes where nobody is harmed. Not to mention the fact that marijuana is less harmful/addictive than alcohol and tobacco, two drugs that are legal. That's a different topic though.

Edit: You should check out Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" if you have the time. She breaks down how the War on Drugs has targeted black men for nonviolent drug crimes much better than I can.

dont smoke weed and you wont go to jail
exercise its better for you









theres more to life than smoking weed breh

 

[Gus Money]

dont smoke weed and you wont go to jail
exercise its better for you









theres more to life than smoking weed breh

I don't smoke but that's not the point. You said that everyone in prison deserves to be there and I'm trying to explain that this isn't correct. Most inmates serving time for nonviolent drug crimes are black or brown, yet whites make up the majority of marijuana smokers when it comes to pure numbers. If everyone in prison deserves to be there then we would see equal rates of prisoners across all races and classes (since crime rates and drug rates occur evenly across all races/classes). The system is biased.

I haven't even mentioned the number of innocent people in prison. The Innocence Project suggested that up to 5% of people in prison are actually innocent. Even if only 1% of prisoners were innocent, that would be over 20,000 people.

That's damn near half of the students at OSU, breh

 

[lamont614]

I don't smoke but that's not the point. You said that everyone in prison deserves to be there and I'm trying to explain that this isn't correct. Most inmates serving time for nonviolent drug crimes are black or brown, yet whites make up the majority of marijuana smokers when it comes to pure numbers. If everyone in prison deserves to be there then we would see equal rates of prisoners across all races and classes (since crime rates and drug rates occur evenly across all races/classes). The system is biased.

I haven't even mentioned the number of innocent people in prison. The Innocence Project suggested that up to 5% of people in prison are actually innocent. Even if only 1% of prisoners were innocent, that would be over 20,000 people.

That's damn near half of the students at OSU, breh

let me chill that aint nothing to play with god has already humble me this weekend let me happy im not in that situation


im very

 

[throughthefire]

Not for prisons
Free Market is not for prisons or emergency services IMO
Some cities privatize firemen, some pro free market ppl agree others dont'
I don't!

Socialism however privatizes all 3 branches of Govt. however
Remember that!

damn brehs y'all entry levels when reading sarcasm