Hillary Clinton wants to end private sector prisons
I've seen some here claim otherwise. Looks like they're wrong.
After seven years of promises, President Obama again vowed last week to close Guantanamo Bay, but for Hillary Clinton, if elected president, another prison-closure issue may loom larger — and be as tough to solve: the growth of for-profit privately run prisons across the U.S.
The for-profit prison industry is estimated at $7 billion to $8 billion, and both Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) have spoken forcefully — Sanders even more so than Clinton — about a desire to phase out private prisons as part of the U.S. criminal system.
"In my view, corporations should not be allowed to make a profit by building more jails and keeping more Americans behind bars," Senator Sanders recently said. "Criminal justice and public safety are, without a doubt, the responsibility of the citizens of our country, not private corporations, and they should be carried out by those who answer to voters, not those who answer to investors."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/money/dollar7-billion-sector-clinton-wants-to-put-to-death/ar-BBqlDZc
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It's just another Hillary pays lip service to a Sanders issue in her attempt to peel off Sanders supporters. No one is fooled except for some Hillary supporters.
It is funny.
So she'll lower their massive profits from imprisoning as many as possible & of course, she'll legalize pot. 
That makes Sullivan the second-most prolific lobbyist-bundler for the Clinton campaign, beaten out only by D.C. lobbyist Heather Podesta, who's tallied up $348,581 so far.
Sullivan's firm, Capitol Counsel, has been registered for years to represent GEO Group subsidiary BI Inc.—which focuses on electronic monitoring of inmates. While the firm continues to represent BI, Sullivan no longer intends to do so, according to a disclosure form filed with Congress on Nov. 9.
The figures and the policy rejecting donations from prison lobbyists includes only direct donations to Clinton's campaign, not supportive super PACs or state and federal Democratic committees.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/02/clinton-campaign-gives-private-prison-lobbyist-cash-to-charity-218524#ixzz41zR7B0d1
then because last year she was also receiving private prison industry money and endorsements.
You do know that makes it even worse, right? 
Clinton did not cut ties until October of last year after much criticism was rightfully leveled against her.
It was in the news.
that helped to make it such a problem.
Stop Locking Up Children, Americans Say
Published on
Thursday, March 03, 2016
by Common Dreams
'The things we’re doing aren’t just wrong because we’re doing them to kids, they’re wrong because we’re doing them to humans'
by Nika Knight, staff writer
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54,000 youth are incarcerated in juvenile prisons in America on any given day, according to a new campaign to reform the system. (Photo: Richard Ross/Youth First)
"Youth First argues that the current system "isn't safe, isn't fair, and doesn't work" and advocates for a new model of treatment for youth convicted of crimes, including involving family in a treatment plan that emphasizes rehabilitation and prevention. The group also argues for closing incarceration facilities and using the resultant savings to fund new community-based programs."
"Support for Youth First's reform proposals was robust even among those who have been victims of crime and those who have family members who have been victims, the poll found. Crime victims do not support the "tough on crime" rhetoric and punishment-based programs that were touted by U.S. politicians in recent decades, which were responsible for the corresponding dramatic rise in juvenile incarceration rates, the group said."
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"Beaver described mentally ill children being placed in isolation units in lieu of treatment, legally-mandated school hours being called off for days at a time because of "lack of security staff," and kids doing nothing for 12 hours a day but sitting in a tiny windowless room watching "a box TV with about four channels." This is not to mention the violence, the ever-present threats of sexual assault, and the prevalent use of chemical and physical restraints by correctional officers in youth detention centers also cited by Youth First in its reform initiative."
"Youth First also announced the release of an online mapping tool that allows visitors to explore the racial disparities of youth incarceration—children of color are incarcerated at far higher rates than white children charged with the same crime, the data showed. Its mapping tool also brings to light the surprising number of enormous detention centers built for children in the 19th century that are still in use today."
Full article: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/03/stop-locking-children-americans-say
bbm. I truly hope she addresses this as well.
