Innocent private prisons are losing money in Mississippi - Polidicks

[quote]County officials across Mississippi are warning of job losses and deep deficits as local jails are being deprived of the state inmates needed to keep them afloat. The culprit, say local officials, is state government and private prisons, which are looking to boost their own revenue as sentencing and drug-policy reforms are sending fewer bodies into the correctional system. [/quote] we should start a gofundme for them [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mississippi-jails-revenue_us_57100da1e4b06f35cb6f14e8[/url]

private prisons should not be a thing

about damn time too

The worst bit about these prisons is that the 13th amendment (the one ending slavery) literally makes an exception for prisoners, it's perfectly fine to subject them to slave labour for the benefit of the prison owners.

the idea of a private prison is one of the worst ideas ever conceived

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;50150711]The worst bit about these prisons is that the 13th amendment (the one ending slavery) literally makes an exception for prisoners, it's perfectly fine to subject them to slave labour for the benefit of the prison owners.[/QUOTE] that and the states that have perminent disenfranchisement laws, i'm not a big fan of arbitrarily deciding reformed people should not be able to have a voice in the government

[QUOTE=Sableye;50150863]that and the states that have perminent disenfranchisement laws, i'm not a big fan of arbitrarily deciding reformed people should not be able to have a voice in the government[/QUOTE] In addition to that, employers are allowed to find out their history and discriminate based off of it, regardless of how one may have changed since. Way to help people stay out of prison by preventing them from getting jobs.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;50150876]In addition to that, employers are allowed to find out their history and discriminate based off of it, regardless of how one may have changed since. Way to help people stay out of prison by preventing them from getting jobs.[/QUOTE] There's definitely an over reliance on background checks, but that's not a valid reason to discard them entirely.

i think there private prison system in the states are more of a crooks that most the crooks that go in there

Uhh, did nobody read the article? This is not about private prisons. Actually, private prisons might be doing well according to it. They're talking about local prisons, that is, prisons ran by the individual counties rather than the overall state government. They can't afford to be kept open because not enough inmates are sent there by the state anymore. Quite ironically to the title of the thread, one of the possible reasons they list is that the state are sending more convicts to private prisons, even despite them being more expensive.

[QUOTE=elowin;50151344]Uhh, did nobody read the article? This is not about private prisons. Actually, private prisons might be doing well according to it.[/QUOTE] no one wants private prisons to do well.

How about we throw the private-prison owners in jail then.

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;50151353]no one wants private prisons to do well.[/QUOTE] In that case, if you live in Mississipi you might want to talk with your governors about why they're sending so many prisoners to private facilities, despite many of them charging well over twice as much as these regional ones. Especially when the regional ones even try to get the convicts to give back to society with community labor.

[QUOTE=elowin;50151373]In that case, if you live in Mississipi you might want to talk with your governors about why they're sending so many prisoners to private facilities, despite many of them charging well over twice as much as these regional ones. Especially when the regional ones even try to get the convicts to give back to society with community labor.[/QUOTE] We know why, its because those running it pocket most of the money they should be using. They set up deals between lawyers/judges. Whos gonna tell on them? The prisoners? Private Prisons dont have to play as much by the rules either.

I'm glad my state stopped the private prison thing and now the state runs them.