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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/12/3/161948/485This Isn't Right
by BooMan
Tue Dec 3rd, 2013 at 04:19:48 PM EST
Does this seem right to you?
Private prisons in some states have language in their contracts that state if they fall below a certain percentage of capacity that the states must pay the private prisons millions of dollars, lest they face a lawsuit for millions more.
And guess what? The private prisons, which are holding cash-starved states hostage, are getting away with it, says advocacy group, In the Public Interest.
In the Public Interest has reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments across the country, and found language mentioning quotas for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those contracts reviewed. Those quotas can range from a mandatory occupancy of, for example, 70 percent occupancy in California to up to 100 percent in some prisons in Arizona.
And guess what? The private prisons, which are holding cash-starved states hostage, are getting away with it, says advocacy group, In the Public Interest.
In the Public Interest has reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments across the country, and found language mentioning quotas for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those contracts reviewed. Those quotas can range from a mandatory occupancy of, for example, 70 percent occupancy in California to up to 100 percent in some prisons in Arizona.
Think about this from your perspective as a taxpayer.
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This Isn't Right (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2013
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Awknid
(381 posts)1. No, that is NOT fair
The idiots who thought it was a good idea to privatize prisons obviously think regulation is a bad word.
pscot
(21,024 posts)2. It's like paying fireman by the blaze
What could possibly go wrong.
Archaic
(273 posts)3. Contracts are just a lawyer pissing match waiting to happen.
When I had my job shipped to India in 2006, I had a non-compete dumped on me. It said I couldn't go work in my specialty for a year.
When the CEO of the company was forced out later for embezzlement/misuse of company cash, he got the golden parachute, got piles of signing money WHEN HE WENT TO THE #1 COMPETITOR.
I had some experience with some technology. He had all the names of the customers, the roadmap for 10 years, etc.
No non-compete for him. Millionaire+. Non-compete for me, making under $80k.