Trump's promise of mass deportation has caused private prison stock to soar. Time to re-read Shane Bauer's incredible investigation where he went undercover for months as a private prison guard. It's long, it's harrowing, it won all the awards: www.motherjones.com/politics/201... - ThreadSky

clarajeffery.bsky.social • 101 days ago

Trump's promise of mass deportation has caused private prison stock to soar. Time to re-read Shane Bauer's incredible investigation where he went undercover for months as a private prison guard. It's long, it's harrowing, it won all the awards: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-prisons-corrections-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer/

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thelonerunner18.bsky.social•100 days ago

this is such a disturbing article

map381.bsky.social•101 days ago

Truly an incredible piece.

maryscottoconnor.com•90 days ago

Private prisons are an abomination.

roslynn.bsky.social•90 days ago

So are almost all prisons.

maryscottoconnor.com•90 days ago

Yes, well - that's another discussion.

Try starting THAT conversation with most people and you may as well have said, "Defund the police."

I'll start with the private prisons argument; it's a smaller bite of the apple.

kkmortier.bsky.social•101 days ago

And the book he wrote from it is also amazing.

kirwinged.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thanks for the post about the book. The article was amazingly good.

pamfulkerson.bsky.social•89 days ago

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freedomfighter64.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hope those who are tasked with removing immigrants are met with an underestimated resistance and they are left so bloodied that Trump has to reconsider his plans

realitypro.bsky.social•100 days ago

Thanks for posting. Very interesting, well written piece.

dbdant.bsky.social•101 days ago

I recall a private prison was one of his biggest political donors, as well.

cfoh.bsky.social•101 days ago

I remember reading this story when it first came out. Just jaw-dropping that this sort of thing is able to happen in a 1st-world country.

joanhermsen.bsky.social•101 days ago

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mherz.bsky.social•101 days ago

Investing on private prisons is evil

jekllnnhide.bsky.social•89 days ago

when business revenue and profits are tied to people being incarcerated... it's a corrupt enterprise, full stop.

thedesertsage.bsky.social•101 days ago

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dadamining.work•101 days ago

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nbd2003.bsky.social•89 days ago

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susanh121.bsky.social•101 days ago

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chrismay.bsky.social•101 days ago

Private prisons are pure evil.

kswaggest.bsky.social•101 days ago

Especially after all the investigative reports on how corrupt everything is around them. You have prisons paying police officers "bounties" or rewards for everyone they bring in because the state pays the prisons. This led to so many cases of police overcharging or making up crimes etc, to get $$$

catherineh.bsky.social•101 days ago

I was just mentioning it to a student researching undercover reporting.

exilednomo.bsky.social•101 days ago

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ahgmem.bsky.social•101 days ago

That you for posting (skeeting?) this. Horrifying and fascinating.

omahabaseball.bsky.social•92 days ago

Thank you for sharing this story - powerful and evoked a range of emotions.

misshavisham.bsky.social•101 days ago

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pithypacky.bsky.social•101 days ago

There’s something really evil about monetizing incarcerating people whose only crime is trying to seek a better life.

kenjansen.bsky.social•101 days ago

Read for 15 minutes. Pretty depressing that this is real life. Ugh :(

alanhowe.bsky.social•101 days ago

We must stop Trump, and we can. But, we must hurry.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00

trishbrumi.bsky.social•101 days ago

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mmargaridasoares.bsky.social•101 days ago

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acupuncturegirl.bsky.social•101 days ago

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nearob.bsky.social•101 days ago

A reminder that John F Kelly has been long associated with Caliburn, the parent company of Comprehensive Health Services, which operates Homestead, FL, and three other shelters for unaccompanied migrant children in Texas.

Kelly helped design and implement Trump's child separation policy.

a4niemann.bsky.social•96 days ago

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