Report: Private Prisons Love Mass Incarceration

[Swede]

"Since private prison companies are in the business to make money, policies that maintain or increase incarceration boost their revenues; from a business perspective, the economic and social costs of mass incarceration are 'externalities' that aren't figured into their corporate bottom line," it says.

Some of the biggest names in the private prison industry have given $835,514 to federal candidates since 2000 and a stunning $6,092,331 to state politicians in the last five elections cycles, according to data in the report.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/report_private_prisons_love_mass_incarceration_and_want_politicians_to_as_well.php?ref=mblt

[iwishiwas]

1. WI just cut its sucessful early release program for good behavior. I

and others are extremely upset about this move. Walker and his Repugs are turning WI backward.

[malaise]

2. Private prisons are the new slave houses

Men and women are enriching themselves after locking people up on all sorts of ridiculous charges.

[Swede]

3. They get a twofer: they get to be mean and make money.

Lousy fuckers.