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Old 08-08-2017, 02:09 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by crockett View Post
It's not about fighting drugs, it's been about militarization of our police forces with lots of govt contracts to weapon and equipment suppliers as well as inmates for the private prison system..
When you sign contracts with private companies to keep prisons full, you are bound to have problems.

Prison Quotas Push Lawmakers To Fill Beds, Derail Reform | HuffPost



https://qz.com/840337/the-us-governm...ivate-prisons/

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/artic...rivate-prisons
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