[Vision2020] Idaho Shame: Private Contractors, ICC, and CCA

[Joe Campbell]

Roger,

VERY good point!

Joe



On Mar 13, 2010, at 2:53 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

> Saundra
> You make some good points. On something slightly different, I think  
> the authorities should forget about tring Dan Noble and concentrate  
> on treatment.
> Roger
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:27:06 -0800
> To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Idaho Shame:  Private Contractors, ICC, and CCA
>
>> Visionaries:
>>
>> Based on previous comments, I'm well-aware that some here don't  
>> give a rip
>> about society's obligation to those we incarcerate.  So, those  
>> folks may as
>> well delete this post right now.
>>
>> For the rest of us, many/most are probably aware of widespread  
>> abuses by
>> PCS's (private security contractors) hired by the government (i.e.,
>> Blackwater-cum-Xe; CACI, Titan, etc.).
>>
>> However, how many of were aware of gross abuses happening right  
>> here in
>> Idaho?
>>
>> Thursday, the ACLU "filed a class action federal lawsuit charging  
>> that
>> officials at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC) promote and  
>> facilitate a
>> culture of rampant violence that has led to carnage and suffering  
>> among
>> prisoners at the state-owned facility operated by the for-profit  
>> company
>> Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)."
>>
>> For those interested in learning what we-the-people of the State of  
>> Idaho
>> are calling "justice" right here at home, you can read more here:
>> http://www.aclu.org/prisoners-rights/aclu-lawsuit-charges-idaho-prison-offic
>> ials-promote-rampant-violence
>> OR
>> http://tinyurl.com/ACLU-ICC-CCA
>>
>> And, if you have the stomach for it and want to understand . . .  
>> *really*
>> understand the role of for-profit CCA in this shame, please read the
>> complaint itself:
>> http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/2010-3-11-Riggs-SecondAmendedComplaint.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Saundra Lund
>> Moscow, ID
>>
>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people  
>> to do
>> nothing.
>> ~ Edmund Burke
>>
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