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votesparks

(1,288 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2015, 10:48 AM Jun 2015

Slavery Re-packaged and Re-branded - Private Prison Guarantees Found In Majority Of Contracts

A recent study by In The Public Interest reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments and found language mentioning “quotas” for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those contracts reviewed.

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Slavery Re-packaged and Re-branded - Private Prison Guarantees Found In Majority Of Contracts (Original Post) votesparks Jun 2015 OP

Lol. The prisons are bad, but you don't have to be in prison to be a slave to the wealthy jtuck004 Jun 2015 #1

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

1. Lol. The prisons are bad, but you don't have to be in prison to be a slave to the wealthy