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hlthe2b

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1. Private prisons here and paying for them outside the US is an offense to basic humanity & should be outlawed.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:44 AM

Mar 21

These damned oligarchs should not be able to profit off of the penalization of others--even in the (improbable) case of a well-run, progressive and humane facility.

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Why experts fear the men who were sent to El Salvador's megaprison may never make it out [View all] Eugene Mar 21 OP

Private prisons here and paying for them outside the US is an offense to basic humanity & should be outlawed. hlthe2b Mar 21 #1

this is not who we are supposed to be Skittles Mar 21 #2