Florida Looks for the Lowest Bidder as It Privatizes 30 State Prisons

http://www.truth-out.org/florida-looks-lowest-bidder-it-privatizes-30-state-prisons/1311784554


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In an effort to cut costs, Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature set a January 1, 2012, deadline to privatize 30 state prisons, road camps and work release centers. <...>

The state will hire only one company to run all those prisons, which sets up a high-stakes competitive battle between the nation's two biggest private prison operators: Corrections Corp. of America, based in Nashville, and the GEO Group of Boca Raton. Both companies already operate prisons in Florida. <...>

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And the private prison industry isn't just lobbying to take over state prisons; it's also "working to make money through harsh policies and longer sentences." According to a report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), private prisons spend millions on lobbying to put more people in jail, which translates to more profits for them. Last year, Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group made over $2.9 billion in revenue.
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watching our slave Barons stuff their pockets

speeding. Even if you weren't actually jaywalking or speeding. Profit above all else, after all! It's the American way!

one where Bart and Lisa are trapped in the school that has decided to adopt the practice of cannibalism and they all dread being sent to the principal's office next?

Carlos Miller, a journalist who has been arrested twice for photographing the police, has documented hundreds of similar cases on his blog, Photography is Not a Crime.

(thankfully there was an outcry against this ruling): http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20110726/7ca46ece-8f55-4b68-89d4-a3a972631805 Like drunk drivers are going to NOT kill people just because they're at a crosswalk??

Private prisons came to the attention of Florida back in the 1980's, it was defeated for good reason.

Now it's going to happen it will end up costing the State more money then saving it money.

:shrug:

Who will donate megabucks to neoliberal politicians so that this self-destructive privatization of everything will continue.