Message: 2 Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:53:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Brett Wagner <brett@madhouse.org> Subject: Re: [Orb] re: bush To: What were the skies like when you were young? <orb@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0404051353040.8785-100000@caligula.madhouse.org> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

where did you get this quart of a million empty prison beds statistic. It's utter bullshit, every prison in this country federal and state is already overcrowded.

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First off, don't be such a confident asshole. Especially since you've got no clue what you're talking about. Just because you listen to Rush Limbaugh and watch Fox News doesn't mean you don't have your head up your ass. The rising prison population plateaued several years ago. New prisons are still being built. The biggest private prison company had almost 600 empty beds in one state alone last year. Do the math. There are many private prison companies building like mad... http://www.followthemoney.org/Newsroom/index.phtml?r=91 "-- Lawmakers in Mississippi allocated $6 million in 2001 to pay for empty prison beds for non-existent inmates and then overrode a gubernatorial veto of the funding, thus keeping the money in the budget. " http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/jbch1.pdf http://www.sierratimes.com/states/page.php?state=Alabama Beds unused; prisons pay $500,000 rent AL.com Posted: Thu 02.05.04 -- 05:53:58 The Alabama Department of Corrections will pay a private prison company at least $500,000 for empty prison space in Mississippi. That's because the state's contract with the Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America requires Alabama to pay rent for 1,345 beds through March 11. The state has opted to bring most of the prisoners home early, but still must pay the $27.50 per diem cost. http://www.notwithourmoney.org/03_prisons/immigrants02.html "in 1999, many private prison companies were in serious financial trouble with their stocks plummeting as news of operational disasters reached Wall Street. Industry leader CCA was on the verge of bankruptcy as prisons built "on speculation" remained empty." http://www.cpl33.org/privatetization%20report.htm http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/articles_publications/publications/... http://www.aoce.org/Archive/Private%20Prison%20Beds%20go%20empty.htm http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/reader/0%2C1030%2C545726%2C00.html The same people that are running these prisons lobby hard for three strikes laws, harsher penalties for everything, expanding the Patriot Act, and school vouchers. Could Big Brother really be a fat cat Republican with a cigar, anyone? ____________________ www.psychicreform.com ____________________ Rich Folks and Huge Corporations care about YOU!