What could possibly go wrong? This reminds me of when the county I lived in did such a good good getting people to recycle plastic that there wasn’t enough trash to power the new trash-to-steam plant (for which they were contractually obligated). So they started dumping the “recycled” plastic in there, too:
At a time when states are struggling to reduce bloated prison populations and tight budgets, a private prison management company is offering to buy prisons in exchange for various considerations, including a controversial guarantee that the governments maintain a 90% occupancy rate for at least 20 years.
The $250 million proposal, circulated by the Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America to prison officials in 48 states, has been blasted by some state officials who suggest such a program could pressure criminal justice officials to seek harsher sentences to maintain the contractually required occupancy rates.
Oh no! That would never happen!
“You don’t want a prison system operating with the goal of maximizing profits,” says Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat and advocate for reducing prison populations through less costly diversion programs. “The only thing worse is that this seeks to take advantage of some states’ troubled financial position.”
Hmmm, wonder exactly which demographic of the overall population are they looking to use to fulfill the “90% occupancy over 20 years”. Could it be the poor, Blacks, Latinos, and any other sector of the immigrant population that LOOKS suspicious? I betcha’…………