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I've been saying this for years. wnylib Yesterday #1
The new plantations and chain gangs malaise Yesterday #3
Not a problem for Uglicans -- they don't really want a democracy anyway. eppur_se_muova Yesterday #4
Private industry profiting off of locking up our fellow citizens & lobbying congress for draconian laws. CrispyQ Yesterday #8
Andy Kim gives me hope. So does mahina Yesterday #2
I hope Jasmine Crockett runs again for the House. She is fearless. OGBuzz Yesterday #18
I feel the same! mahina Yesterday #23
attorney general cynical_idealist Yesterday #27
Just own the responsibility Envirogal Yesterday #5
The very idea is so asinine, immoral, and ridden with conflicts of interest to the point Uncle Joe Yesterday #6
The constitution says all prions (not just for-profit ones) can use slave labor Soul_of_Wit Yesterday #17
That's correct, but private for profit prisons send lobbyists to bribe government officials Uncle Joe Yesterday #21
Prisons and concentration camps make money whether they're privatized or not. That's why the exist. The only difference WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #7
Governments are more accountable Soul_of_Wit Yesterday #13
It's still profit and slave labor. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #19
I remember when Little Joe crud Yesterday #9
Completely agree. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #10
True. Horrifically true Easterncedar Yesterday #11
Yeah, Capitalism sucks. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #12
Yet the capitalists tell us that socialism is the root of all evil. OGBuzz Yesterday #20
This was covered in Kurt Vonnegut's 1990 novel, "Hocus Pocus." The Wizard Yesterday #14
I wonder if Geo Group founder and CEO George Zoley, a huge supporter OGBuzz Yesterday #15
Mass incarceration started under Reagan orangecrush Yesterday #16
Why doesnt the government have a policy to subsidize more doctors? SSJVegeta Yesterday #22
I recently read it's not just warehouse type facilities now... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #24
That's at least $1 million per detainee nuxvomica Yesterday #25
Put the entire C-suite of GEO Group in prison garb, and make them break rocks with pickaxes for 12+ hours sakabatou Yesterday #26
It's Certainly Up There ProfessorGAC Yesterday #28
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