yeah, so shit like this can happen: http://www.wlox.com/story/16953235/ms-police-chief-4-others-fired-for-cinnamon-prank
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote: > < > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/private-prisons-buying-state-prisons_n_1272143.html?page=1 > > > > "Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest operator of > for-profit prisons, has sent letters recently to 48 states offering to buy > up their prisons as a remedy for "challenging corrections budgets." In > exchange, the company is asking for a 20-year management contract, plus an > assurance that the prison would remain at least 90 percent full..." > > Hysterical fearmongering of the reich-wing notwithstanding, crime rates > have been on a steady decline: > > < > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Violent_Crime_Rates_in_the_United_States.svg > > > > The only way to assure that the prisons remain 90% full is to create new > crimes, or send more people to prison for existing crimes that now get > probation or other sentences. > > This is kind of the essence of Free Market sociopathy that characterizes > modern conservatism. Ayn would love this. Better prepare for prison terms > for jaywalking and inadequately funding your first amendment rights, folks! > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- knowledge and wisdom come from knowing a ""republican conservative"" is an oxymoron. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
