Why private prisons are such a terrible, terrible thing.

[Guynemer]

True, but wasn't the general view back then that the mentally ill were best just locked away from 'normal, decent' folk? The other thing here is that we're talking about kids, not grown adults. Surely hearing about young teens being physically abused is enough to raise anyone's indignation, even if they are guilty of petty crimes?

Have you ever actually met an American?

[kentonio]

Have you ever actually met an American?

Only the nice domesticated kind.

[Aeson]

When I read that article my first thought was bad oversight/corruption. That can happen in state run prisons also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPcql4****0

I didn't even notice the YouTube id was what it was ... perfect!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPcql4FuCK0

[MrFun]

It is well known that private prisons are terrible. I'm not sure you're going to get a lot of push back on this issue here. The problem is, they're prisoners, therefore they must have done something wrong, therefore no one gives a ****.

No one is going to win an election trumpeting this issue, so it will never change.

Yep; many people don't even care that some of those prisoners are innocent people.

Fact is, is that private prison complexes creates a market demand for prisoners.

[MrFun]

Like that judge found to be delivering prisoners/long sentences for kickbacks. Ouch.

yep

[The Mad Monk]

I am adamantly opposed to private companies being involved in law enforcement and prisons. It's a horrible, terrible idea that has proven time and again to fail badly leaving extremely vulnerable people exposed to shocking abuses, and introducing a whole new potential for corruption into the judicial system.

...yet the real problem lay with the government of Florida (and other states, and likely the feds as well). they don't inspect enough, and when they do their efforts are stymied from the top down. Remember, Cool hand Luke happened in Florida.

[The Mad Monk]

Kentonio is a Tory no more than McCain is a Republican

[kentonio]

I'm happy with that.

[The Mad Monk]

Case in point.

[DinoDoc]

Kentonio is a Tory no more than McCain is a Republican

Name only?

[Sava]

Private industry does everything better than government. Government is the problem. Those people just need more personal responsibility, not a hand out. That's socialism.

[Elok]

Our prisons are grotesquely overcrowded hellholes for a reason: they're simply a hole for people we don't want to bother thinking about. See "oubliette." We're talking about a place where anal rape is believed to be commonplace, and we joke about it. Don't drop the soap, ha ha!

So, yeah, Guy's right. Ain't a damn thing gonna happen here, move along. It might actually get worse, as we tighten our belts further.

[Sava]

Our prisons are grotesquely overcrowded hellholes for a reason: The War on Drugstm

Fixed.

[giblets]

Private industry does everything better than government. Government is the problem. Those people just need more personal responsibility, not a hand out. That's socialism.

Shouldn't prisoners have to pay for their meals instead of getting them for free? Bloody socialists ;mad:

[Wiglaf]

I frequently masturbate to episodes of Lockup: Raw. The show isn't the only thing that's raw, my penis is raw after about an hour of that show, just to be clear. Best thing MSNBC has ever done.