Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Larger Inmate Population Is Boon to Private Prisons - WSJ.com

Larger Inmate Population Is Boon to Private Prisons - WSJ.com: "'We have serious concerns about for-profit prison companies because they are notorious for cutting essential costs that need to be provided to maintain a safe and constitutional environment for prisoners,' says Jody Kent, a public-policy coordinator for the ACLU's National Prison Project."
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Fred Pilot raises a good question: if prisoners in private prisons have constitutional rights, what about the inmates of the rest of the nation's private communities?

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