Comment on It's never been about helping people

• Tidesphere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What on earth could they possibly be suing for??

  Not that I doubt you, mind, it just sounds incredulous!

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  • Flower@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The lawsuit centered around the Marana prison, a 1,400-bed facility operated by MTC. The contract between MTC and Arizona included a provision guaranteeing 97% occupancy.

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    • Tidesphere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oh, so there’s a contract with the state that says that they’ll keep it at max occupancy. That’s fucked.

      Here’s how I would get around it: We enact the legislation that says that prisons cannot profit off of any labor by incarcerated individuals, nor may their labor be leased, for any reason. Take that revenue away.

      We hold to the occupancy contract, and they can have a prison full of people they have to care for but can’t profit from.

      Then we let the contract end and refuse to sign another one.

      Would that work?

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      • Flower@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d say make the prison responsible for rehabilitation and job training.

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      • BillCheddar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Just confiscate their fucking property.

        If they protest, arrest them and throw them in their own goddamn prisons.

        In other words: use their own shitty laws against them. Only way to get those laws to change.

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