Private Prison Company Used in Drug Raids at Public High School

[MrScorpio]

Corrections Corporation of America used in drug sweeps of public school students in Arizona.

November 28, 2012 |

In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations.

The state has graced national headlines in recent years as the result of its cozy relationship with the for-profit prison industry. Such controversies have included the role of private prison corporations in SB 1070 and similar anti-immigrant legislation disseminated in other states; a 2010 private prison escape that resulted in two murders and a nationwide manhunt; and a failed bid to privatize nearly the entire Arizona prison system.

And now, recent events in the central Arizona town of Casa Grande show the hand of private corrections corporations reaching into the classroom, assisting local law enforcement agencies in drug raids at public schools.



Trick or Treat

At 9 a.m. on the morning of October 31, 2012, students at Vista Grande High School in Casa Grande were settling in to their daily routine when something unusual occurred.

Vista Grande High School Principal Tim Hamilton ordered the school -- with a student population of 1,776 -- on "lock down," kicking off the first "drug sweep" in the school's four-year history. According to Hamilton, "lock down" is a state in which, "everybody is locked in the room they are in, and nobody leaves -- nobody leaves the school, nobody comes into the school."


"Everybody is locked in, and then they bring the dogs in, and they are teamed with an administrator and go in and out of classrooms. They go to a classroom and they have the kids come out and line up against a wall. The dog goes in and they close the door behind, and then the dog does its thing, and if it gets a hit, it sits on a bag and won't move."

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/private-prison-company-used-drug-raids-public-high-school

[Dems50State]

1. that state just wants to be the worst out there

creepy

[XemaSab]

2. Looks like the video from Columbine

[woo me with science]

3. Have we had enough yet, America? nt

[freshwest]

6. Clearly not. Look at this thread:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/101783827

I just love the private sector, they do everything so much better than government, what a great replacement. No need for oversight, and it's NYOB whatever they do. Because it is THEIR business. America divided up into little fiefdoms by little bosses. Our libertarian paradise is at hand

[MotherPetrie]

4. That photo made me feel sick to my stomach. Hope parents raise holy hell.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. I do, too

This is so wrong in so many ways.

[sarisataka]

8. Why do they have the kids prone in the hallway?

If I were a parent of one of these kids I would kick the doors in. Prison searches are conducted with more dignity.

[defacto7]

7. And what did they find?

I don't join every site that requires it. It there is a link, it should be available to all of us instead of trying to get us to join their particular ad scheme.

[Dawson Leery]

9. Horrible.

[lonestarnot]

10. IMO and I'm no lawyer, but I think that every parent should sue this motherfucker of a state and the

gov. personally as she is probably trying to populate her for profit prisons.

[Kali]

12. they LIKE it

its all about keeping their precious spawn SAFE.

[lonestarnot]

14. No it's about lining their pockets.

[Kali]

15. no I mean the parents

read my little story in that AZ thread

unbelievable

[lonestarnot]

16. Not believable. You are right on that account. I do not believe you.

[Skittles]

20. you're awesome, lonestarnot

[brush]

11. Insane state

Arizona just gets crazier and crazier. The rebirth of the 'Brownshirts' has begun. Isn't this illegal? These people have no law enforcement authority. We're not in the cowboy movies where you 'deputize' citizens to form a posse. God, I'd hate to live in that state.

[Kali]

13. check this out too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10381201#post10

[Occulus]

17. I cannot reply to this thread using the language I'd like to use

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because my language would essentially be a call for these students, and any future such, to use physical violence on these walking bags of shit, these lowlifes, these fuckers, these total and complete wastes of 206 perfectly good human bones.

Nobody can right this now that it's done. I guarantee you all we will hear this story again from elsewhere.

[woo me with science]

19. +100000

Have we had enough yet, America?

[lonestarnot]

25. I like your guarantee!

[TheKentuckian]

18. Intolerable

Way off the tracks.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Talk about a "culture of fear..."

Must be terrifying for a whole lot of kids...

[DollarBillHines]

22. Way to go, schools...

Jump on it...

Glamorize it.

Everybody get down.

Neither of my sons graduated HS.

But they have become wealthy because of this kind of bullshit.

Deny it, multiply it...

Dumbasses...

[lyingsackofmitt]

23. The more they do this sort of thing

in the schools, the more kids think it's normal and they accept it. No foreign governments or organizations threaten American freedom more than ourselves.

[RomneyLies]

24. Privatizing law enforcement is the second worst practice government ever engaged in.

The worst is privatizing the military.

This shit has to stop, and soon.

[lonestarnot]

26. Not unless we stop it.

[hifiguy]

27. Is it fascism yet?

Yeah, I think so.

[Uncle Joe]

32. I was going to either post that or "Got fascism?"

I think so as well, hifiguy.

[Odin2005]

28. This makes me sick to my stomach

[Rider3]

29. Disgusting

This is a school -- not a prison. WTF is in the water in that state?

[think]

30. Disgustingly un-Ameircan or at least it should be.....

[Ya Basta]

31. LOL If I were still in school I'd be inclined to wear this