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TexasTowelie

(120,889 posts)
Thu May 22, 2025, 10:19 PM 17 hrs ago

We Went Inside a Private Prison: What We Saw Will Shock You - More Perfect Union



We talked to detainees and prison guards to unearth the violent and inhumane conditions at private prisons. "In these places, human rights don't exist. You don't even exist as a human," one former detainee told us. Meanwhile, the CEO of private prison company CoreCivic is worth $20 million.
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We Went Inside a Private Prison: What We Saw Will Shock You - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie 17 hrs ago OP
Then stop calling them prisons gab13by13 17 hrs ago #1
Not sure it's just private prisons, unfortunately. Silent Type 17 hrs ago #2

gab13by13

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1. Then stop calling them prisons
Thu May 22, 2025, 10:23 PM
17 hrs ago

Prisoners have rights.

Call them what they are - concentration camps.

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