Feds to Phase Out Private Prisons

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mirth

August 18, 2016, 05:57:04 PM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

#1
August 18, 2016, 06:02:43 PM
Yeah, I'm reminded of the crooked judges who received kickbacks from privately-run juvenile prisons for sending them thousands of kids who then spent years inside for nothing more than stealing food.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

#2
August 18, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Did you read the CCA prison article Brant posted in the long form journalism thread? I'm not a huge Mother Jones fan/reader, but that piece was damning and utterly depressing.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Steelgrave

#3
August 18, 2016, 08:06:41 PM Last Edit: August 18, 2016, 08:10:06 PM by Steelgrave
When you make keeping people locked up profitable.....there is just a fundamental wrongness to that. Same with the God-awful seizure laws that have spread like a cancer, where large chunks of law enforcement and even local governments are funded by seizures which do not require a conviction. Sometimes I think if the Founding Father's could see what we've become, they would have chosen to hang instead of rebel.

Thank God we have at least a tiny rolling back of this awful, awful process.

bbmike

#4
August 18, 2016, 08:58:12 PM
My only prison advice - reopen Alcatraz.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

#5
August 18, 2016, 09:00:52 PM
Quote from: bbmike on August 18, 2016, 08:58:12 PM
My only prison advice - reopen Alcatraz.

Been tried. Sean Connery shut it back down.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

#6
August 18, 2016, 09:04:40 PM
That dick.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

#7
August 18, 2016, 09:06:15 PM
I don't know anything about Sean Connery's dick.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

#8
August 18, 2016, 09:07:43 PM
About what time did Sean Connery arrive at Wimbledon?


... Tennish.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

#9
August 18, 2016, 09:15:56 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on August 18, 2016, 09:07:43 PM
About what time did Sean Connery arrive at Wimbledon?


... Tennish.

badumtish!

He's here all week, folks. And don't forget to tip your waitress.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Sir Slash

#10
August 18, 2016, 10:03:32 PM
Sounds like a racket to me.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

Nefaro

#11
August 19, 2016, 09:02:17 AM
You're courting disaster.

mirth

#12
August 19, 2016, 10:14:06 AM
He loves that.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

#13
August 19, 2016, 05:54:16 PM
Keep it up and it'll net you a rebuke.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

Sir Slash

#14
August 19, 2016, 10:02:05 PM
I live to serve. The ball's in your court now.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.
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