Trump Team Can't Wait To Fill More Private Prisons With Minorities

AROUND THE END OF PRESIDENT OBAMA SECOND TERM, HE HAD
ESSENTIALLY LET THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NO LONGER USE PRIVATE PRISONS.
HE WANTED TO PHASE OUT PRIVATE PRISONS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL
EVEN THOUGH STATES COULD CHOOSE TO CONTINUE USING THEM AND
HE PROMISED TO NO LONGER RENEW ANY CONTRACTS.
THAT WAS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE PRIVATE PRISONS HAVE A VERY
SHOULD HISTORY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
JEFF SESSIONS JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING NO.
WE LIKE THE PRIVATE PRISONS.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM ON A FEDERAL LEVEL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSOMS RESCINDED THE PREVIOUS
DIRECTED TO THE BUREAU OF PRISONS TO EITHER REDUCE OR
DECLINE TO RENEW PRIVATE PRISON CONTRACTS AS THEY CAME DO.
THE STATEMENT SAID THE FOLLOWING.
THAT MEMORANDUM CHANGE THE LONG-STANDING POLICY AND
PRACTICE, AND IMPAIRED THE BUREAU'S ABILITY TO MEET
THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.
THEREFORE, I DIRECT THE BUREAU TO RETURN TO ITS PREVIOUS
APPROACH.
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THERE.
OF COURSE THERE IS THE ISSUE OF USING THESE PRISONS THAT
HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF ABUSE, WASTE GOVERNMENT MONEY, I WILL GET
INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHY THEY ARE PROBLEMATIC, BUT IN THAT
STATEMENT, HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY PLAN ON ARRESTING A
LOT MORE PEOPLE AND IMPRISONING A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND SO WE
NEED TO USE THESE PRIVATE PRISONS IN ORDER TO HOUSE
ALL OF THESE PRISONERS AND THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU WORRY A LITTLE.
THE NEW DIRECTED, WOULD ESSENTIALLY IMPACT 13
PRISONS THE HOUSE A LITTLE MORE THAN 22,000 INMATES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT DOESN'T
IMPACT A LOT OF PRISONS, BUT IT WAS AT LEAST A GOOD STEP
FORWARD UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
NOW WE HAVE TAKEN A HUGE STEP BACK.
I'M GOING TO GET INTO HOW MUCH THESE PRISONS HAVE DONATED
TO THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION AND THE IMPACT THIS IS HAD ON
THEIR STOCKS BUT WHAT YOU GOT TO JUMP IN FIRST ARE
EVEN IF YOU ARE CONSERVATIVE AND YOU BELIEVE IN THE FREE
MARKET, BY THE WAY, I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE FREE
MARKET, BUT YOU PRIDE YOURSELF ON THAT IF YOU ARE
CONSERVATIVE AND SO WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENS IF YOU
INCENTIVIZE SOMETHING IN THE FREE MARKET?
YOU WILL GET MORE OF IT.
IF YOU INCENTIVIZE MAKING A PROFIT BY IMPRISONING YOUR
FELLOW AMERICANS, HE WILL GET MORE OF IT.
PRIVATE PRISONS, YES, ARE SOMETIMES USED FOR A
DOCUMENT IMMIGRANTS HE MIGHT BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT IF YOU ARE
A RIGHT-WINGER, I WOULD ARGUE DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE
IMPRISONING BUT YOU MIGHT EVEN ARGUE THAT.
PRIVATE PRISONS ARE ALSO USED TO IMPRISON AMERICAN CITIZENS.
NOW THEY HAVE A PROFIT MOTIVE TO IMPRISON MORE OF YOU, AND
BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW THAT IN AMERICA, EVERY COMPANY CAN
GIVE MONEY TO POLITICIANS.
THAT USED TO BE CALLED A BRIBE AND NOW IT'S CALLED THE
CAMPAIGN DONATION.
YOU THINK THOSE CORRUPT POLITICIANS AREN'T GOING TO
TAKE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO IMPRISON MORE OF YOU?
AND YOU THINK THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO STOP AND
DOCUMENTED PEOPLE, WHICH IS THAT IS NOT TRUE, PRIVATE
PRISONS ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
ARE A SMALL PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.
YOU THINK THEY ARE JUST GOING TO SUFFER MINORITIES?
OR SOME POINT ARE THEY GOING TO NEED TO MAKE MORE MONEY?
IT IS ALREADY IMPACTED AMERICAN CITIZENS.
IF YOUR CONCERN IS NOT ABOUT AMERICANS AND YOU ARE LIKE
WHO CARES ABOUT THESE IMMIGRANTS?
FIRST OF ALL, HOW LAUGHABLE IS IT TO CALL YOURSELF A
FISCAL CONSERVATIVE IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF USING TAX PAYER
MONEY TO DETAINED IMMIGRANTS FOR YEARS BEFORE YOU DEPORT THEM?
THINK ABOUT THAT.
THE ONLY REASON WE DO THAT IS SO PRIVATE PRISONS CAN MAKE
MONEY AND AGAIN, IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.
THERE CALLED PRIVATE PRISONS BECAUSE THEY ARE PUBLICLY
TRADED THAT YOU CAN BUY STOCK IN A REPORT OF INVESTORS.
IT IS RUN LIKE A BUSINESS LOOKING TO MAKE A PROFIT,
BUT IT IS MOSTLY FUNDED BY TAXPAYER MONEY.
IT IS RIDICULOUS.
WE KEEP THESE IMMIGRANTS THERE FOR YEARS AND THAT WE
DEPORT THEM WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
TOP OF THAT, THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT WE
CONTINUE PUSHING FOR EVEN THOUGH THEY MAKE NO SENSE.
PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN DRUGS, PROHIBITION OF MARIJUANA
FOR INSTANCE.
WHEN WE IMPRISON SOME NEW PEOPLE FOR TRAFFICKING OR JUST
HAVING POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA?
BECAUSE PRIVATE PRISONS MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT.
YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THEM, THEY STARTED THEM IN THE
1980S WERE THERE WAS THIS INFLUX OF
WAR ON DRUGS.
YES, AND ALL OF THAT.
PRIVATE PRISONS REALIZE THIS IS BIG BUSINESS.
THESE STATE RUN AND FEDERALLY RUN PRISONS CAN HOUSE ALL
THESE INMATES, SO WHEN WE BUILD OUR BUSINESSES AND GET
TAXPAYER MONEY TO IMPRISON MARIJUANA USERS.
IT IS INSANE.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
CAN YOU READ SOME OF THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
IT'S REALLY JUST FOR CORPORATIONS THAT RUN AND
OWN THESE PRIVATIZED PRISONS THAT ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS A YEAR.
IT'S CRAZY.
THE GEO GROUP AND COURSE CIVIC DONATED $220,000 TO
SUPPORT TRUMPS INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES THAT SEPARATELY
SEPARATELY CUP, THE GEO GROUP GAVE $275,000 TO THE PRO- TRUMP
SUPER PACK REBUILDING AMERICA NOW
THAT'S A FUNNY NAME.
REBUILDING AMERICAN PRISONS NOW.
ONE 100,000 DONATION CAME A DAY AFTER THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED IT WOULD NO LONGER USE THE FACILITIES.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO USE
THESE FACILITIES UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THEN
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THEY DON'T $800,000
TO TRUMPS CAMPAIGN AND BY THE WAY, SINCE TRUMP GOT ELECTED,
THE STOCK VALUE FOR THESE PRIVATE PRISONS HAS DOUBLED.
WE'RE NOT EVEN HIDING THE BRIBERY ANYMORE, BECAUSE I
THOUGHT NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SO WHAT
DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
YET FROM, HERE'S YOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BRIBE.
MAKE SURE YOU WIN AND WHEN YOU DO, MAKE SURE YOU USE MORE
PRIVATE PRISONS.
CHECK, CHECK.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
REALLY GOOD DOCUMENTARY IS 13TH.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WATCH THAT.
NOT ONLY DO YOU LEARN WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO YOU BUT YOU
LEARN WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE PRISON REFORM AND WHY
THEY WERE CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE, TO ENSLAVE MINORITIES.
AND NOW TO PROFIT.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
YOU THINK THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO LET THAT GO WHEN THEY
KNOW THOSE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR CAMPAIGNS?
IT'S GREED.
AND BY THE WAY, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, OH,
WE'VE PRETTY MUCH LEGALIZED MARIJUANA SO WHY ARE WE
WORRIED ABOUT HOUSING MORE USERS?
JUST YESTERDAY, SEAN SPICER HAD SAID THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL RESPECT MEDICINAL MARIJUANA.
THEY WILL NOT RESPECT RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.
THEY PLAN ON CRACKING DOWN ON THAT.
THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS MOVE REGARDING PRIVATE PRISONS
IS GOING TO SHAPE OUR POLICY BECAUSE BIG BUSINESS WANTS
TO MAKE MONEY AND ONE WAY THAT THEY MAKE THIS MONEY IS TO
CRIMINALIZE NONVIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE USE MARIJUANA ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DRINK BEER.
THEY THOUGHT THAT'S GREAT.
THAT IS MORE MONEY FOR US, MORE CUSTOMERS, CLIENTS FOR US.
TO SAM'S POINT, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JAILS TO HOUSE THE
PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW, BUT IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY THE
13TH YOU SEE HOW THEY INDUSTRIALIZED AND MADE IT A
PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND THEY NEEDED ALL OF THE STILLS
FIELD AND THEY WENT AND BASICALLY ENSLAVED A BUNCH OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AGAIN AND SO, JUST WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY.
IT IS NOT THE ONLY POINT OF PRISONS, OF COURSE NOT, BUT YOU
WOULD BE SHOCKED AT WHAT A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE
MOTIVATING DRIVE OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN THE
BEGINNING WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEIR PLACE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS
COUNTRY OF BENIN SLAVE.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

Trump Team Can't Wait To Fill More Private Prisons With Minorities

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