"Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons"

[cbelt3]

RgrF wrote:
"extreme indifference" as used here, means lock em up, toss the key, and forget about them.

True. To the point that ex felons are rejected from society, employment, voting, credit, etc... essentially forced into an underclass of untouchables.

[silvarios]

Perpetual criminal underclass, the haves got what they want. And public prisons aren't exactly bastions of hope either. Just look at per minute call rates, inmate on inmate and guard on inmate violence, etc.

[silvarios]

War on drugs still going strong, DEA is doubling down on stupid against marijuana.

[rjmacs]

fauch wrote:
Maybe we should start moving away from prison as a whole and find more effective methods of behavior modification and crime deterrence.

Like universal healthcare and addiction treatment? Publicly funded suboxone/methadone? Wraparound services including housing and job training for those who end up in criminal court because of poverty and/or mental health-substance abuse problems?

I'm all for it. Wasn't so sure you'd be.

[August West]

rjmacs wrote:
[quote=fauch]
Maybe we should start moving away from prison as a whole and find more effective methods of behavior modification and crime deterrence.

Like universal healthcare and addiction treatment? Publicly funded suboxone/methadone? Wraparound services including housing and job training for those who end up in criminal court because of poverty and/or mental health-substance abuse problems?

I'm all for it. Wasn't so sure you'd be.
This gets me, too. People will claim that improvements are needed, but won't pay for them. How much money do the well-off need before they will contribute to society? The age-old question.

[Ted King]

http://money.cnn.com/infographic/economy...son-costs/

[RgrF]

I didn't think anyplace spent less per inmate than Louisana but it looks like Kentucky and Indiana somehow find a way.

[hal]

RgrF wrote:
I didn't think anyplace spent less per inmate than Louisana but it looks like Kentucky and Indiana somehow find a way.

a/c bills???

[RgrF]

Mother Jones may have had something to do with the DOJ decision vis a vis private prisons. It's datelined July/August but I read it about 4 months ago, so it's been out for a while. My four months as a private prison guard

[samintx]

It will be interesting to see the stock price of the private prisons tank.