Susuto

Prisons for profit is a real problem, especially since Cheney is complicit in not only sending federal prisoners to certain for-profit entities, but also for sending them to entities he has shares worth $85,000,000 in AND where prisoners are getting beaten and ending up dead. Think of it this way; there are a huge number of citizens interred because of our draconian drug laws. There never committed a violent act, never robbed or threatened anyone, and yet they are put in a system with rapists, murderers, gang members, people who have no empathy or remorse for your situation, and would shank you for your ramen just as much as look at you. They don’t necessarily belong there, but our system has 1 out of every 100 people in America locked away. Prisoners have become a commodity, and are now traded for money, and that is not ethical, nor right. And yes, as human beings they do have certain rights. Maybe not the exact same rights as you or me, but they do deserve at least the right to survive, to live, to not be threatened with violence EVERY day. Prisons for profit means that the bottom line is the determining factor in how prisoners are treated, and the more prisoners there are the more profit there is. Certain systems need to be run by the government, and prisons are one of them, just like police and fire departments are all socially administered.
And if you believe that the only thing someone in prison has to worry about is being clothed, housed and fed, then you truly are a moron with your head in the sand.