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In Your Face, Prole!!! (Original Post) Scuba Apr 2013 OP
Congress writes the laws. The IRS enforces them. (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #1
Gotta protect the new bipartisan growth industry! woo me with science Apr 2013 #2

woo me with science

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2. Gotta protect the new bipartisan growth industry!
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 03:25 PM
Apr 2013

Private Prison Corporation's Letters Reveal Industry's Tactics: Profiting from Human Incarceration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022665091

Our competitive cost structure offers prospective customers a compelling option for incarceration.
Corrections Corporation of America Annual Report to Shareholders, 2011


The Obama administration is aggressively growing private prisons
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022568681


and the use of prison slave labor by corporations is skyrocketing.

Obama's 2013 budget: One area of marked growth, the prison industrial complex
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1002392306

Obama selects the owner of a private prison consulting firm as the new Director of the United States Marshals Service (USMS)
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/mars-d03.html

Private prison corporations move up on list on federal contractors, receiving BILLIONS
http://www.nationofchange.org/president-obama-s-incarcernation-1335274655

"Since President Obama’s first day in office the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group have been awarded $1.7 and 1.8 billion dollars in federal contracts, respectively. And beginning in October 2011 the Corrections Corporation of America has taken its place as the government’s top contractor whereas the GEO Group comfortably maintains the third-place position. Finally, according to USAspending, over one-quarter of private prison contracts have been established under “non-compete” agreements."

Prison Labor Booms As Unemployment Remains High; Companies Reap Benefits
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272036.html


Financial growth of the private prison industry:


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