CoreCivic could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of new federal contracts under President Trump. CBS News took a look at safety records at its prisons in Tennessee.
From the American republiQan point of view, this is exactly what it’s supposed to create: a hellish nightmare of torture into which any law-abiding citizen will be cast as soon as those in power deem it useful to them.
I noted recently there was a “tough on crime” surge in Canada politics - this is what becomes of that.
It starts out with some common sense ideas; murderers and rapists should be punished, etc. And quickly (and - this is key - very quietly) becomes a huge financial drain that is self-perpetuating.
In the Southeast of America a judge was fairly recently convicted of sending underage boys to a private prison in exchange for kickbacks from that prison. He had been doing it for over a decade. And that’s just one that made the news.
The American republiQan playbook is being run in your country. (Hi Poland!) Beware.
In the Southeast of America a judge was fairly recently convicted of sending underage boys to a private prison in exchange for kickbacks from that prison. He had been doing it for over a decade. And that’s just one that made the news.
It is obvious that something like this would happen. You cannot create a system with perverse incentives and expect the good faith of those who participate to keep it clean. It is exactly the opposite of the spirit of the American revolution (and the rest of democratic revolutions)
From the American republiQan point of view, this is exactly what it’s supposed to create: a hellish nightmare of torture into which any law-abiding citizen will be cast as soon as those in power deem it useful to them.
I noted recently there was a “tough on crime” surge in Canada politics - this is what becomes of that.
It starts out with some common sense ideas; murderers and rapists should be punished, etc. And quickly (and - this is key - very quietly) becomes a huge financial drain that is self-perpetuating.
In the Southeast of America a judge was fairly recently convicted of sending underage boys to a private prison in exchange for kickbacks from that prison. He had been doing it for over a decade. And that’s just one that made the news.
The American republiQan playbook is being run in your country. (Hi Poland!) Beware.
It is obvious that something like this would happen. You cannot create a system with perverse incentives and expect the good faith of those who participate to keep it clean. It is exactly the opposite of the spirit of the American revolution (and the rest of democratic revolutions)