The Prison-Industrial Complex Redux: Mississipi Youth Prison Horror Story

I’ve been tracking the corrupt Prison-Industrial Complex for awhile now.  Earlier posts alleged a catastrophic conflict of interest that permits private companies to run public prisons.  Well, it turns out that this conflict of interest is not the worst part.  The worst part is the supervisory failure by GEO prison administrators.  (h/t to Denise Oliver Velez [...]

Posted by on April 29, 2012, at 5:23 pm | Tags: | Category: Activism, Crime, Government Waste, Insanity, Racism, Social Justice, The Numbers Game, Those Kooky Conservatives!, Torture | One comment |

More on the Prison-Industrial Complex

Opprobrium was heaped upon me by various commenters for my post Arbeit Macht Frei  because I dared invoke the dreaded Nazi reference when talking about our Prison-Industrial Complex.

Phil, I’ve read the very same rants ad nauseam. It’s not like you had any news to report.

I usually enjoy your blog, I’m a Goldwater GOP and am upset [...]

Posted by on April 27, 2012, at 8:48 pm | Tags: , , | Category: Government Waste, Insanity, Original Reporting, Racism, Social Justice | 29 comments |

Arbeit Macht Frei

Eisenhauer warned us about the Military-Industrial Complex.  He warned us that we would all become captive to the desires of a small number of companies.  Well, now we have another unholy public-private alliance to fear: The US Prison-Industrial Complex.

Imagine my (non) surprise to learn that when you turn prisons over to private corporations, they’ll [...]

Posted by on April 24, 2012, at 9:15 am | Tags: , , | Category: Big Government, Broken Promises, Class Warfare, Crime, History, Racism, Social Justice, The Economy | 8 comments |

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