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Hi all. Older male here that got caught up in Canada and ended up serving 3 years there. The system there seems to be a bit better than down south here.
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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Once again I've had a fever today. I'm not going to the hospital because that's a huge waste of time but I did schedule a dr appointment for Wednesday afternoon.
The stock in private prisons has skyrocket in the USA since Trump was elected, since he has publicly said he wants to triple the amount of private prisons. Trump is the worst thing that could have ever happened to inmates, the families of inmates, sex offenders, or any minority group which is oppressed.
The problem with private prisons is that they are operated purely from a profit standpoint. This means the food portions are smaller, the number of programs to help rehabilitate an inmate are drastically cut, the heat to the cells in the winter is reduced, there is almost no a/c used, and worst of all, they reduce the prison staff---COs and prison staff--- drastically, which creates a terrible security risk within the prison.
Many of your prison riots, beatings, or stabbing in prisons are due to inadequate staffing, which is why many prison uprisings occur at private prisons.
I know three Oklahoma inmates currently in private prisons and they told me they were much worse than the prisons operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Private prisons are part of the “bottomless pit of corrections.” The private prisons have structured their contracts with the states so the states must maintain a certain percentage occupancy rate, usually about 95-98%. If the state fails to maintain the prison at a rate of 95-98%, they are charged for the 98% rate anyway.
In fact, states with the highest occupancy requirements include Arizona (three prison contracts with 100 percent occupancy guarantees), Oklahoma (three contracts with 98 percent occupancy guarantees), and Virginia (one contract with a 95 percent occupancy guarantee).
So it really does not take a genius to figure out that there is an incentive to keep people in prison. In fact, the private prison corporations spend millions of dollars a year lobbying our legislators.
In the 2016 election cycle, private prisons gave a record $1.6 million to candidates, parties and outside spending groups. That was nearly triple what they'd given in 2014 and more than double their contributions in the 2012 presidential cycle.
Locking people up and contributing to our already prison crowding problem in this country should not be a business.
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