Comments on: Florida DOC Proposal: Further Prison Privatization?

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:48:27 +0000

Here we go again under the guise that private prisons save money. It’s simply not true. Those hired to work in these private prisons are often ‘castaways’ from state prisons around the country as they’ll hire most anyone with a warm body. The private prisons will shortchange offenders on food and medical care, they don’t have a good retirement system for officers and politicians will see to it that they get the HEALTHY, inmates to keep their medical cost down…they, you and I will pay for the sick ones remaining in the state system.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:18:39 +0000

“Why not just stop putting lesser crimes in prison such as driving while license suspended and simple charges like criminal mischief. Why not put the people in prison for the crimes based on the harm principle as it was years ago? ”

Nope, sorry, that’s pretrial diversion, no room for that in the budget. Besides, how are you supposed to guarantee the 90% occupancy rate that GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America are demanding in the deal to buy our state Prisons that Rick Scott is pushing for if you don’t lock people up for things like that?

Also, did I just read that the decision on whether or not to impliment the Prison Rape Elimination Act rests on whether the cost to impliment it is more thant he fine for not doing so, and not on whether it will actually keep people from being raped in prison? Jesus wept.

Privatizing our prisons is a BAD idea. The state is responsible for sending them to jail. That being the case, the state should be responsible for them while they’re there.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:24:51 +0000

Wait, wait. Think about this. Instead of our tax dollars paying to run these facilities at cost and with some degree of oversight, we can spend our tax dollars to pay the same amount plus more so the “for profit” private sector company and it’s share holders, the corporation, can get rich and have no liability if there is corruption or some other problem. What a really awesome Republican idea.

Then, if Romney becomes president and we outlaw abortions and people not going to church on the real Sabbath, Saturday, we can have even more Privately Run State funded prisons.

Once we stop funding education, food stamps and de-fund Medicare and other entitlements, we will be able to afford more prisons for the private sector and plenty if people stealing food to survive to put in those state funded Privately owned For Profit Prisons. It’s a win win for everyone on Wall Street not paying taxes through their investment portfolio or estate taxes.

Then, when we increase taxes on the poor and middle class who won’t be able to afford them, we can put them in jail for tax evasion and use the government to auction off their property.

All hail the New Fascist Order of the Corporatist Plutocracy of America! Yipee!

By: kevinenfinger

kevinenfinger — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:23:14 +0000

Why not just stop putting lesser crimes in prison such as driving while license suspended and simple charges like criminal mischief. Why not put the people in prison for the crimes based on the harm principle as it was years ago? It cost approx 35k tol house an inmate yearly