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SamKnause

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8. Private prisons have contractual obligations that require the prisons stay full.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 10, 2024, 08:01 AM

Jun 2024

The tax payers are charged for empty cells or beds.

Telephone companies. ($25.00 for 10 minutes)

Any company that uses prison labor. (Google companies that use prison labor.)

Politicians that listen to lobbyists for all these entities.

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Inmate hung a noose. Jailers too busy watching 'explicit video' to intervene, inspectors say [View all] sl8 Jun 2024 OP

The guards act like this in front of the inspectors. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #1

Anything they want. SamKnause Jun 2024 #2

The fact the guards are watching porn all day raises a serious question. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #3

What do you think ??? SamKnause Jun 2024 #4

Yes. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #5

Agree. SamKnause Jun 2024 #6

Corruption at the highest levels? Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #7

Private prisons have contractual obligations that require the prisons stay full. SamKnause Jun 2024 #8