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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:37 PM Mar 2016

The damage that privatized prisons have done

I view Hillary's very recent change in her position towards prisons for profit as disturbing.
Only after very much pressure from human rights groups has she came out against them last October.

This to me is akin to shutting the barn door after the horses are out. In other words, while the damage was being done she was fine with her association to this industry's money.

Incarceration affects people of color at far greater rates than others.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why she gets more of a percentage of their vote than Sanders does in the south.

Can someone answer this?

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The damage that privatized prisons have done (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2016 OP
Hilary gets a pass on mass incarceration & private prisons with PoC 99th_Monkey Mar 2016 #1
I can't monicaangela Mar 2016 #2
Careful... SHRED Mar 2016 #3
I'm African American monicaangela Mar 2016 #5
That would be. SHRED Mar 2016 #8
This is where I believe we must talk about reparations, it is pretty obvious that there was a Todays_Illusion Mar 2016 #4
Prisons for profit are always a bad idea Hydra Mar 2016 #6
Agreed Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #9
We should ask which candidate has called the drug war "a failure" & supports descheduling marijuana Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #7
Great point SHRED Mar 2016 #10
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
1. Hilary gets a pass on mass incarceration & private prisons with PoC
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:43 PM
Mar 2016

Because John Lewis says so, and Bill played a saxophone ... go figure.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
2. I can't
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:44 PM
Mar 2016

and for me it is really troubling. I can't believe we have voters who approve of what she has said and done as recently as five months ago, but still continue to vote for her...are they low information voters, or do they just not care what has been happening to their fellow man? It's interesting indeed.

Todays_Illusion

(1,209 posts)
4. This is where I believe we must talk about reparations, it is pretty obvious that there was a
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:52 PM
Mar 2016

deliberate policy to lock up AAs. There is plenty of evidence and I believe every family affected by these very deliberate policies should be paid money for the damage done to the incarcerated and their surviving families.

It has been policy since Nixon ran on the promise to do just that, lock up all those hippies and African Americans. The stopped locking up the hippies when they needed the parent's votes.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
6. Prisons for profit are always a bad idea
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:03 PM
Mar 2016

Just like mercs for our army or a for profit medical system.

People's lives are supposed to be worth more than money.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. We should ask which candidate has called the drug war "a failure" & supports descheduling marijuana
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:05 PM
Mar 2016

And which candidate is closely allied with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who supports putting pot smokers in prison.

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