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2017-02-24 Government

U.S. reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-02-24 00:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This is one of the few things the Obama administration got right!

Private prisons is a bad idea, just follow the money and you'll see why,, Judges been busted for sending people to those private prisons in return for a "fee" among other things.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-24 04:31|| 2017-02-24 04:31|| Front Page Top

#2 It said privately run prisons are less safe and a poor substitute for government-run facilities.

The problem here is that the foundations for those claims are dubious - at best. But if true, which it's not, the insinuation that somehow by virtue of Government operated these facilities are "safer" is nonsense. There may be legitimate reasons to consider such policies. But the basis for the Obama Administration prison policy was bogus.

Posted by DepotGuy 2017-02-24 07:40|| 2017-02-24 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, yeah, just look at the pay and pension deal the California corrections union has rung out of the state and taxpayers. Remember how that relationship of union money and pols have influenced politics there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-24 07:54|| 2017-02-24 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the few things I agreed with that Obumble did.

The corporations that run these have their lobbyists keep the drug laws strict and the war hot. Gotta keep bodies flowing into their prisons.
Prisons are supposed to be expensive for governments to maintain. It helps keep laws reasonable in a democracy.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-02-24 08:52|| 2017-02-24 08:52|| Front Page Top

#5 What 'Seeking Cure' and 'Darth' said. Emphatically!

Posted by borgboy 2017-02-24 14:21|| 2017-02-24 14:21|| Front Page Top

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