This is fascism, plain and simple. I'm not using this as a metaphor. this is as much fascism as the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1934, or earlier in Italy with the Fascists in the early 1920's. The reason that most Americans can't see that is because instead of studying history... real history, not the crap spoon-fed our children in high school... they are watching one of the hundreds of ... wait for it... REALITY shows! Dear old Kurt Vonnegut could not have written a more elegantly cynical construct than what we have going on here. In REALITY!

i agree with sara, its all about money, that's why crime is getting worse, and the government more happy.

i've worked for the named private contractor and it is not a pretty picture. they claim that they can serve the inmate population by proposing to work for less. over all the inmates are basically looked upon as human capital and when the "prisoners" accomplish their long term goals, falsifying legal documents to extend their full time is executed. this corporation needs to be stopped.

yes, it most certainly is about money.to paul,i did 2-1/3 years prison time in alaska over 30 years ago. we were offered college courses and first aid training. i had 3 previous years of college and it did not take long (having nothing else to do) to earn my b/a degree.the food in the alaskan prison system was delicious and plentiful. i understand that nationwide,prisons are dangeerously overcrowded! i don't think anyone's rights are going to get stepped on here and i firmly believe the old saying,if you can't do the time,don't do the crime! know what i mean paul?

absolutely disgusting. i can also attest to the horrible treatment of inmates and the way certain states strive to keep their prison populations up. it is a for profit business and we are torturing people. prisoners eat the worst possible diet, live in inhumane conditions where sickness and disease spread easily, and the gov't offers fewer and fewer resources so that these men and women can improve themselves. prisons are basically holding tanks, where people wait decades, or the rest of their lives, in desperation. meanwhile family members suffer through having to pay outrageous fees to just speak over the phone or provide extra money so they can see a doctor (anyone who thinks prisoners are simply provided with all of this has been severely misled). meanwhile, the gov't sits back and runs a business sucking up tax-payer's money, profiting from contract jobs that prisoners provide labor for, and sharing in the profit from sales of processed foods. (look into some of the bush family businesses...) this is already a huge issue, especially as many people sitting in prison are non-violent offenders, who just need better resources to get the help they need. our government needs to stop looking at people, seeing dollar signs, and using "for the public good" as an excuse.

do you mean to tell me that our government can actually sign a contract that says it will supply a set number of "prisoners" !!!??? that must be illegal somehow .. if not, get ready for the return of "debtors' prisons" .. if you owe money that you can't pay dear debt slave, we will put you into our corporate greed grinder (remember soylent green?).. how else will they supply these horror houses with bodies ?? more and more things will become "illegal" and subject to prison time .. just recently the indefinite detention bill ndaa was signed into law .. it allows americans to be sent to prison without trial and held indefinitely .. we must stand up people .. we cannot let this happen !!

it is already happening. filling beds has been a priority. i know i spent 3 1/2 years in prison, half of which was in cca facility and the last half in the federal system in florence colorado. it is all about money. they fed us horse oats, grossly over expired food, and negotiated throw away food from fast food changes that owed back taxes. i was put in prison because i defended people who were getting beat up by government. with four college degrees i was not the one to send to prison if they didn't want things discovered.

this is very serious. soon if we don't change the path our govt only business will be prisons and putting us in one. i wonder if cca is contracting one of the many fema camps going up?