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Drawer-pull bombs? LSD on

we are stardust — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:40:20 +0000

In reply to well, in looking that up, I

Drawer-pull bombs? LSD on the desk blotters? Bio-toxins in the ink-wells?

well, in looking that up, I

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:56:32 +0000

well, in looking that up, I did run across that the American Apparel & Footwear Association sort of thinks of it as unfair "outsourcing":

http://www.apparelandfootwear.org/LegislativeTradeNews/FederalPrisonIndu...

they would like to get themselves some of those government contracts. It's a prickly subject, to be sure. I imagine the New Deal era idea was to have them paying for their vocational training rather than have the few taxpayers there were doing it, or just letting them sit in their cells and train each other in more crime.

Some thread some where brought it to my attention recently, I didn't know about it before. My first reaction was hey, that means that those who are sentenced for terrorism could end up making the desks at the State Department, some right winger could really do something with that.

That Wiki link...I just

Richard Day — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:15:12 +0000

In reply to Meh, maybe not if that would

That Wiki link...I just envision Wall Street salivating over the opportunity to pay workers a quarter a day. hahaahha

Meh, maybe not if that would

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:55:15 +0000

In reply to LOL! I believe they were

Meh, maybe not if that would consist of going after F.P.I./Unicor, as one runs into the problem that it was created during the administration of the sainted FDR. Also too, twas the Bush administration who last tried to "mitigate this competitive advantage held by UNICOR over the private sector."

Tis socialism you see, to be "restricted to selling its products and services to Federal government agencies and has no access to the commercial market."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries

I had thought about getting

Richard Day — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:39:34 +0000

In reply to LOL! I believe they were

I had thought about getting into the slavery aspect. Thank you for the links.

LOL! I believe they were

we are stardust — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:45:05 +0000

In reply to First of all, unless you are

LOL! I believe they were your points, but I agree; they were good!

You may want to blog about prisoner-made products, too: a new (?) form of slavery.

http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewstory.php?storyid=6706

http://urbanhabitat.org/node/856

First of all, unless you are

Richard Day — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:50:33 +0000

In reply to It's hard not to think that

First of all, unless you are some kind of science fiction nut, we cannot outsource our juvenile justice system. THIS IS NUTS.

So yes, we must look at all instances where the penal system for youth is privatised.

Second, our penal system should never be outsourced. The State is suppose to sentence you not GE. For Chrissakes (blesses himself)

Third, outsourcing means that people in the civil arena make money off of crime.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

Good points Stardust!!!

It's hard not to think that

we are stardust — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:27:19 +0000

In reply to OUTSOURCING OUR CHILDREN

It's hard not to think that there are many other similar scams being run nation-wide, and corrupt judges getting similar kickbacks for juvenile sentencing.

Will the details of this case cause other districts to look more carefully at the sentencing and prisoner placements by judges? You know it has to fairly ubiquitous, yes? And not just in juvenile cases. The entire Prison-Industrial Complex is ripe for this same sort of ugliness.

Can we afford to read about the consequences to the children? That'll be hard, Dick.