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Peter Cole wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote: On Jun 20, 2:23 pm, (Tom Keats) wrote: American law enforcement wrt cannabis is so draconianly over-done. But I guess the American Jihad on Drugs keeps the prison industry going. I don't think it's an attempt to help any industry. It's damned expensive to house all those inmates. If it were a profit item, prosecutors wouldn't be accepting shaky plea bargains, and our county wouldn't be turning prisoners loose to save expense. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009...eeds-of-crime/ "It’s a staggering case; more staggering still that it has scarcely been mentioned on this side of the ocean. Last week two judges in Pennsylvania were convicted of jailing some 2000 children in exchange for bribes from private prison companies. Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan sent children to jail for offences so trivial that some of them weren’t even crimes. A 15 year-old called Hillary Transue got three months for creating a spoof web page ridiculing her school’s assistant principal. Mr Ciavarella sent Shane Bly, then 13, to boot camp for trespassing in a vacant building. He gave a 14 year-old, Jamie Quinn, 11 months in prison for slapping a friend during an argument, after the friend slapped her. The judges were paid $2.6 million by companies belonging to the Mid Atlantic Youth Services Corp for helping to fill its jails(1,2,3). This is what happens when public services are run for profit." butbutbut, profit over people is the American Way! -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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Drugs and MTB's
Tom Sherman °_° wrote:
Peter Cole wrote: Frank Krygowski wrote: On Jun 20, 2:23 pm, (Tom Keats) wrote: American law enforcement wrt cannabis is so draconianly over-done. But I guess the American Jihad on Drugs keeps the prison industry going. I don't think it's an attempt to help any industry. It's damned expensive to house all those inmates. If it were a profit item, prosecutors wouldn't be accepting shaky plea bargains, and our county wouldn't be turning prisoners loose to save expense. http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009...eeds-of-crime/ "It’s a staggering case; more staggering still that it has scarcely been mentioned on this side of the ocean. Last week two judges in Pennsylvania were convicted of jailing some 2000 children in exchange for bribes from private prison companies. Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan sent children to jail for offences so trivial that some of them weren’t even crimes. A 15 year-old called Hillary Transue got three months for creating a spoof web page ridiculing her school’s assistant principal. Mr Ciavarella sent Shane Bly, then 13, to boot camp for trespassing in a vacant building. He gave a 14 year-old, Jamie Quinn, 11 months in prison for slapping a friend during an argument, after the friend slapped her. The judges were paid $2.6 million by companies belonging to the Mid Atlantic Youth Services Corp for helping to fill its jails(1,2,3). This is what happens when public services are run for profit." butbutbut, profit over people is the American Way! Yes, of course, and government "meddling" is the "road to serfdom", don't forget that. God forbid we should live in a nightmare society like Sweden! |
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