The business of detention
Denying due process to people without US citizenship, residency papers, green cards or a visa is becoming a business racket for private prisons and private security (aka paramilitary) companies.
The more people are thrown into those jails, the more money the concentration camps make.
Welcome to the new American economy.
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Interesting
Submitted by mole333 on 16 August 2008 - 12:10pm.
You may be onto something, but you aren't the first. This sounds a lot like how they do things in Cuba and China. I guess that is the kind of system you like.
Personally, I prefer to see something prove itself in practical terms. That is the American way. Our current prison system is extremely expensive and very ineffective. I'd like to see something that works better. But if you like communist style prisons, there are still a handful of nations around that might be interested in your ideas.
You never saw the film
Submitted by Vivian Grey (not verified) on 19 August 2008 - 9:31am.
You never saw the film Brubaker with Robert Redford? It was based on a true story how one guy went in and reformed the Prison system and made it something which contributed to the community rather than something that just fed off the community. I'm not talking a Russian styled gulag, but I'm just taking about having these prisoners who have done crimes against communities, have them now work to improve the very communities their crimes harmed. If they are illegal aliens who have broken the laws of the US then have them make it up by helping to protect our borders. Put them to work on the border fence as punishment, then deport them. There is nothing wrong with that, but I have the feeling you are one of those bearded granola eating hippy types who think prison should be like a little vacation for those who break our laws? I'm not against making them take classes which could help them when they get out, but prison is also a punishment, so let the punishment fit the crime and also let it benefit the communities in which these crimes were committed.
Good! I'm glad to read that
Good! I'm glad to read that the government isn't extending the same rights it does to US citizens to foreign nationals who break our laws. Score one for the good guys! Break our laws go to jail and then deportation. And you say there is money in it for US citizens - even better!
I suppose you would like to reward these people for breaking our laws? Maybe after we catch them we can run them over to Disney World for the day? I wonder how many of these illegal immigrants are being held for other crimes such as identity theft, or worse?
We should put them to work on a new and improved border fence. Force these illegals to at least contribute something back to the US instead of trying to steal from Americans. Hell yes, I'm on to something!!!!!!!!