JJBIRISH wrote:
“Here is a fact that you may not know: A number of states have made a deal with private prisons to keep all beds at 90% full or else pay fines on a daily basis. This means that police, DAs, and judges are forced to toss people in the clink or their job is at risk. The true mentally ill are not wanted in jail, because they cost too much. A vandweller whom is trying to eke out an honest living, and who plays by the rules is their perfect target, because they can keep arresting them, and they "store quietly". Plus, the van and the belongings inside will sell at auction for good money once it gets seized and impounded.”
What States???
The prison population in the United States had dropped in 2012 for the third consecutive year, and in more than half the state’s prisons populations dropped from my readings, many like New York, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina, showed substantial reductions…
policy makers now think they can actually reduce recidivism and cut the number of prisoners… while the recession has played a role or kick started the shrinking prison populations, Changes in state and federal sentencing laws for lower-level offenses like those involving drugs have played a role in the shift, but more than anything changing public attitudes are the major driver behind the declining prison numbers… decriminalizing drugs and legalizing them will play a major role in the future… I will withhold judgment on why I believe this is happening…
but there is no way that I believe states are out to arrest and house homeless for the profits generated by auctioning off their remaining possessions…
Normally I wouldn't bother, but let me rub your nose in it
here. Or, perhaps
here. I wasn't expecting people's ability to google actually be less than their ability to flame, but I guess I showed a light on a dark space in our little world, and it made some people uncomfortable.
If you threaten to make a thread proving me wrong, do so. Make good with your promise and post what you have to show I am wrong. The gauntlet is thrown, and lies at your feet. Prove that I am a liar. Quoting an "internet blog" or giving vague statistics with no real sources doesn't count.
I am relatively new here, and I am not going to return personal attacks with like kind. However, I will defend myself and my assertions, and dare you to try to refute them in a meaningful way. This is no slam against our men/women in blue, but the fact that the blowback from private prisons means that they have to be filled somehow.
