If HRC is the nominee, to what extent will the Prison for Profit issue hurt her chances to win?

[LettuceSea]

Will the Obama coalition still come out and vote for her? Why or why not?

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Which parts of the Obama coalition?

[LettuceSea]

3. Specifically, the Hispanic and AA vote

[JustAnotherGen]

5. AA is not/was not an Obama Coalition

We are a strong part of the Democratic Party base who show up even when there's nothing in it for us! If anything - we are part of the LBJ coalition.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. If HRC is the nominee, the only thing that will matter to most folks

is who the Republican nominee is, and how nutty they are, and in which ways.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Amen brother!

Preach!

[PatrickforO]

4. Well, it won't. That's the problem.

The corporate propaganda organs won't report it, and the talking heads won't ask the question.

Out of sight, out of mind, and the profits keep rolling in.

[LettuceSea]

7. That is a good point

I haven't seen this issue ANYWHERE when it comes to the MSM. They want no part of addressing this issue, which is disturbing.

Having said that, not everyone gets their news from the MSM, especially the Hispanic community. I could see the GOP doing some good ole fashioned rat f***ing, posting signs in their communities. That would cost us big time, 2016 and beyond. Ugh.

From a voting perspective, we're lucky Donald Trump is out there doing his thing, distracting everyone from this issue.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. No because the donor ties are flimsy and she's not committed to the concept of such facilities

and because private prisons go back to Ronald Reagan. Was Obama asked about them? Has he been strongly petitioned by any movement to shut them down? Not really. This indicates that among those who are most focused on justice issues, that aspect is not as important as other aspects of the problem.
One of the reasons for this is that the problems with prisons are not just in privately owned prisons, and most of our prisons are public facilities, not private.
6% of State prisoners are in private facilities. 16% of Federal prisoners are in such places. There are also a few States with privately run local jails.
So while there should be none at all, people who speak about the issue tend to do harm to the cause of ending private prisons by inflating the size and nature of the problem. What we hear is that all the prisons are for profit and they keep building them and filling them with people. But the percentage of prisoners held in such facilities is not that large. This means it would not be all that hard to get rid of them.
At the same time, ridding the private companies from owning detention facilities still leaves us with all of the problems that continue in and around our public prisons. Which are basically the same problems as the private ones. So we end all private prisons, nothing has really changed for the prisoners, nor for the accused, the unfairly arrested. 'Now that you've been racially profiled and railroaded, you can sleep easy knowing your prison will be a publicly owned facility!'

[brer cat]

10. Good post. nt

[jwirr]

11. While much of what you are saying is true times have changed. When

President Obama was running the specific issue of criminal justice reform was not a central issue. It is today so ending private prisons is a big problem.

I don't think any of the candidates are going to be able to avoid any of the issues contained in criminal justice reform regardless who started the problem.

[seabeyond]

9. one of the speeches here the last couple months ago, she addressed this.

i cant find it.... but, i think she will do fine on the subject.

[AgingAmerican]

12. The for prison profit people are bringing in huge money to her campaign

And we all know that MONEY is what wins elections, not ideas...