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Lamashtar's avatar

Ironically, private prisons cost more.

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Mr Canoehead/M Tête-Canoë's avatar

Still time to short the stock?

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DainBramage's avatar

I agree that 'customer' is not the right word. 'Serf' is better term a lot of the time.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

CCA need not worry too much. Louisiana is not going to let a perfectly good jail, already built in their state, go to waste.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Obama is soft on crime! Trump will build more, yoooge prisons, to make us safe!(And here come the Willie Horton ads.)

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Ex-coal miners ought to fit right in.

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AngryBlakGuy's avatar

...that was the EXACT word I was looking for!!!

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impeachrinserepeat's avatar

Best gist I've gotten all week!

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idiotboy's avatar

Ditto.

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Last Hussar's avatar

Please pass this idea onto the UK - We've seen staff terms and conditions plummet, along with staffing levels, all to 'compete'. Unfortunately our privates still have years on the contracts. Plus they keep tendering non-operational bits off, so now trying to get Contracted out depts to do anything 'not in the contract' is a nightmare.

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JesusWasAHippie's avatar

Ain't nothin better than kittehs. But this does come close.

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nightmoth's avatar

This is what REAL JOURNALISM can do, kiddies. Good for MoJo and WaPo, and as always, good for Wonkette for headlining it.

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Vagenda and Pee-ara's avatar

Pray away the gay camp might be fun!

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Vagenda and Pee-ara's avatar

Most prisoners think it feels more like an invisible fist.

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Vagenda and Pee-ara's avatar

Weird that prison privatization coincided with Reagan's "war on drugs." If I was a cynical sort of person, I might think those two things were related.

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TextualDeviance's avatar

I seriously think we have OITNB to thank for this. Yes, really.

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