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The Devil's Molecule's avatar

more prisoners? more money!

DaManOnThStreet's avatar

Were you the guy in the pig-suit, or the other guy?

The Devil's Molecule's avatar

It's real.

Montgomery resident here

The Devil's Molecule's avatar

It's Latin.

Singular: Alabamus

Plural:Alabama

DaManOnThStreet's avatar

That's the *exact* back-story of my favorite graphic-novel from a few years back: Southern Bastards - check it out, it's great!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

Catbird's avatar

Performative to the point of pointlessness. People with absolutely no hobbies.

Skeptikal KC's avatar

That those who own and run these Alabama for-profit-prisons have the unmitigated audacity to designate themselves members of the party that "respects human life" compel my absolute, if more clearly articulated damned ban-hammerable contempt.

America prosecuted German officers for similar brutal incarceration, deliberate neglect, and too often cold-blooded murder of their prisoners 80 years ago. It is unconscionable to me that those same inhuman crimes are occurring in broad daylight, for substantial profit, and summarily applauded by other sanctimonious hypocrites.

Catbird's avatar

Hi, Stephen -- This is true. However, white collar crime actually does get too much of a pass. It hurts more people and should be severely prosecuted.

Dame [Vigorous Epithet] Erin's avatar

Hell, why bother release anyone at this point when the state can just keep building more and more prisons?

At least it'll solve the housing problem! /s

Dame [Vigorous Epithet] Erin's avatar

The whole point of having the state prosecute crime, in theory, is to keep individual retribution out of it. But with so many 'victim's rights' laws passing, that's not going to be the case much longer. Taking bets on whether we start having private prosecutions or just go with sanctioned vigilantism.

Dame [Vigorous Epithet] Erin's avatar

"Kill them all. The Lord will know his own."

Tyresius 🏳️‍🌈's avatar

They wouldn’t take federal money to expand Medicaid, but they don’t mind going into debt to build a prison.

glenglish's avatar

We hafta make slavery illegal if this is ever gonna get fixed. And while we're at it, outlaw the prison for profit system.