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

[Joe Campbell]

Thanks, Saundra. Joe


On Mar 13, 2010, at 2:27 PM, "Saundra Lund" <v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm>  
wrote:

> 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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