Private Prisons and the Enslavement Society
Posted By: SARTRE
Date: Monday, 1-Apr-2013 05:58:33
Date: Monday, 1-Apr-2013 05:58:33
What more time-honored practice in the long
history of state sponsored servitude than the institutionalization of
prisoners? Incarceration for offenses against government laws is a
cornerstone for power and survivability of any regime. Prisons may have been
hellholes over the centuries, but seldom has the internment of convicted
lawbreakers been a growth industry for private profit. It almost makes one
wonder exactly who are the crooks. While most hard-pressed citizens want a
safe and secure society, few ever give even a passing thought to the
insatiable corporatist criminalization of the criminal justice system. Just
how many Americans agree with the proposition, if you did the crime, you need
to serve the time. Read the entire article on the BATR archive page http://www.batr.org/totalitariancollectivism/033113.html Discuss or comment about this essay on the BATR Forum http://forum.batr.net/showthread.php?tid=2642 |
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