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You know your prison population is too high... June 26, 2011 12:17 pm FrankC

when you start seeing TV ads on how to eliminate the toll on calls from jails and prisons.

Anyone else seeing these ads? I am seeing them late night on A&E.

  • We have a serious problem with privately run prisons. Like any free market business, they need to grow every ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-26 20:58:30
    • My guess? Private prisons should be run more like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Well, not entirely. *shudders* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-28 23:30:06
      • Yeah, public prisons can lose money year after year and never think twice about it. Something like 8 percent of all ... by TB 2011-06-26 21:35:16
        • Yep, just think about the savings to be generated from the growing pool of prison labor, a resource we have ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:45:18
          • No end to this blame the public unions game is there? I suppose this has nothing to do with ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 01:16:27
            • From your link: "Some of the biggest names in the private prison industry have given $835,514 to federal candidates since 2000 ... by TB 2011-06-27 09:57:39
              • A little more math from that Justice Policy Institute paper. The paper declares that the two largest private prison ... by TB 2011-06-27 10:37:52
                • You have a reading comprehension problem. I've seen studies about costs and there is conflicting data on what is ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 15:20:14
                  • I hate to keep having to drive things home with a goddam steam hammer, but don't you think the institutions ... by TB 2011-06-27 15:40:47
                    • You're still using steam? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-27 17:18:46
                      • A lot of my posting is powered by steam. Hadn't you noticed? by TB 2011-06-27 17:46:28
        • Do you mean convicts watch A&E? by ER 2011-06-26 12:33:15
          • It appears that the ads are aimed at the dependents of convicts. I can see the contradiction of the ad being ... by FrankC 2011-06-26 14:22:21

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