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iscooterliberally

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11. I wonder how much the privatized prison industry is responsible for this.

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:05 PM

Jul 2015

We have greedy profit driven corporations that make money keeping people locked up for whatever reason. It really should be illegal for private companies to run prisons in a free country. So much for 'innocent until proven guilty' when there are profits to be had. It seems that we are stuck with government by the money of the money and for the money. We are kidding ourselves every time we call ourselves 'the land of the free' while shit like this goes on. Our criminal justice system is FUBAR.

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Broke Teens Rot in Chicago Jails for Years Awaiting Trials [View all] Octafish Jul 2015 OP

Could there be something put together like the 'RollingDebtJubilee' that buys up debt for pennies on Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #1

Great ideas on all counts. Octafish Jul 2015 #3

K/R marmar Jul 2015 #2

A kid rotting in jail is disturbing. Octafish Jul 2015 #4

This is a national shame. Those poor kids...what a travesty of justice riderinthestorm Jul 2015 #5

IF they haven't been to trial in 2 to 3 years, SOMEONE needs to file a lawsuit on these counties Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #6

Sixth Amendment starroute Jul 2015 #9

That sure doesn't seem to be happening, though. That's why I suggested a lawsuit for Civil Rights Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #10

Haven't seen much of this on the "news" mountain grammy Jul 2015 #7

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I wonder how much the privatized prison industry is responsible for this. iscooterliberally Jul 2015 #11

It's fucking sick. blackspade Jul 2015 #12

You miss the real reason for this delay, it favors the prosecution happyslug Jul 2015 #13

And how much are Chicago taxpayers paying to house and feed them? KamaAina Jul 2015 #14