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How is this the first time I hear this stat? I feel like my angst toward the system has been misallocated for a very long time.
by mwint 4y ago
How is this the first time I hear this stat? I feel like my angst toward the system has been misallocated for a very long time.
- alex_sf 4y agoIt's like quite a few "horrible injustices"; they get piggybacked onto a few smaller and real issues, and then taken as gospel.
- jjeaff 4y agoPrivate prison services like phone and email systems are still able to take advantage of prisoners, even in public prisons.
- ROTMetro 4y agoBecause this is a recent development happening in part because it was a major agenda item for Biden. But note that they didn't close the private prisons, they just switched them to be used for ICE/Immigration incarceration because it's harder for those in that incarceration class to exercise their rights. https://www.geogroup.com/LOCATIONS https://www.geogroup.com/LOCATIONS
- alex_sf 4y agoThis is provably false. The private prison population has increased by 14% since 2000. [1] [1] https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/ https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/private-priso...