Consider this:As fascism* ensues, and emerica inevitably plays the broken economy card - it is rapidly moving toward a prison system that is completely private. At least that's what these corporate institutions like Wackenhut, Corrections Corporation of America, and Pricor are hoping. They spend insane amounts of money on lobbyists and politicians to keep the prisons full - which in turn keeps the stock holder's pockets full. Ask Arizona's governor Jan Brewer about it sometime.
US Judges Jail Kids for Kickbacks Part 2 of 2 -
Fascism: a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology seeking to organize a nation on corporatist perspectives; values; and systems such as the political system and the economy.
Fascism: a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology seeking to organize a nation on corporatist perspectives; values; and systems such as the political system and the economy.
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America holds 25% of the entire worlds prison population, even though they only account for 5% of the world's population, something stinks
As a microcosm this is evident even in Worcester. To any one paying any attention for example the city is kicking back license money to Charter to help an inept city video department, apparently to make the city dictator more visible, rather than directing funds toward the public access aspect of the PEG channels to empower the people.
This is a local election year. I doubt anyone will come forward on a platform for social justice.
Pennsylvania Judge Convicted in Kids-For-Cash Scheme
A federal jury has found a former Pennsylvania judge guilty in a so-called "kids-for-cash" scheme, in which he took money in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to for-profit detention centers. Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, Jr. was accused of taking $2.8 million in bribes and kickbacks for putting juveniles into detention centers owned by friends. The former judge faces a maximum sentence of 157 years in prison. He is free on bail. On Friday, a woman confronted the judge outside the courtroom and blamed him for her son’s suicide.
Sandy Fonzo: "My kid’s not here anymore! He’s dead! Because of him! He ruined my ... life! I’d like him to go to hell and rot there forever!"
The woman, Sandy Fonzo, said her son Edward Kenzakoski was never the same after Judge Ciavarella sentenced him for a first-time offense of possession of drug paraphernalia. In 2009 Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out thousands of juvenile convictions handed down by Ciavarella.
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/21/headlines#13
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