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BainsBane

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1. Somehow I think private prisons

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 05:45 PM

Apr 2013

are at the root of the US having the largest prison population on earth. Yes, the drug war is part of it, but when there is money to be made off incarceration, business will use it to their advantage.

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ACLU: Debtors’ prisons are alive and well in (Ohio) [View all] limpyhobbler Apr 2013 OP

Somehow I think private prisons BainsBane Apr 2013 #1

Got to keep those cells full or we're losing money. limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #3

I'm glad the ACLU is on this. Publicity is an important tool, though not the only one. K&R n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #2