Comments on: Private Prisons Not Good for Arizona

By: N. Baer

N. Baer — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Excerpt from “Private Prisons Profit From Immigration Crackdown, Federal And Local Law Enforcement Partnerships,”

“. . . Roberto Reveles, a Pinal County immigration reform advocate, has watched the detention system grow right alongside the heated rhetoric around immigration policy in his home state. The current stalemate over immigration reform has provided a perfect climate for businesses and politicians to thrive — “a reason for them to have a broken-down immigration system,” he says.

“You build a strong image of fear of these Mexican immigrants, which creates a moral justification for imprisoning them, and at the same time brings in lots of money,” Reveles says. “The politicians are not motivated to fix the immigration system. On the contrary, they’re benefiting from it politically and economically . . .”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/private-prisons-immigration-federal-law-enforcement_n_1569219.html

By: Mike Schroeder

Mike Schroeder — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:23:15 +0000

More double speak about why we need more government. You are stating that the state has no idea what we spend on prisons when the state managed them 100%. Now you say we do not know how much we pay private contractors? You are kidding of course. What is it about you people that when we have no more money you want to keep spending what we don’t have. Sounds like the kooks we have in DC. You manage prisons like any other past public services that are now private – you do it with contracts and contract compliance. But when you have nothing but bureaucrats running the show that know nothing except spending money and have ZERO contract and business experience…this is what you get. Not their money.

By: N. Baer

N. Baer — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:12:22 +0000

This is a serious economic problem in this state. Thank you for explaining this to the public.

Also, google for maps of those states promoting, yes, I said, “promoting,” private prisons (AZ, TX, FL all targeting you-know-who) and this blog document . . . http://www.scribd.com/crazyoldmannetwork/d/24786102-Private-Prisons-in-the-United-States. TX map http://www.texasprisonbidness.org/map . . .Isn’t it interesting the states with the worst educational “opportunities” remain at the bottom of the barrel, having the effect of dragging the rest of us down with them?