Durbin: prisons are great job-creators, the key to our economic future

[Blue3]

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Seriously?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/dick-durbin-prison_n_5696072.html

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

He's not incorrect in that a prison opening in an area does usually bring an economic boon, but yeah that's some really dumb wording.

[Middle-aged Europe]

That sounds like something Biden would say.

[GaussLaw]

Locking up human beings in cages, not rehabilitating them, and then releasing them back into society after 10 years after they learn from the masters of criminal activity is such a great thing for society. 

I wish we could redirect more corrections dollars to state/local areas and focus on community corrections for all but the most serious offenses.  The state of Missouri has a great system for juvenile justice, but a pretty bad one for adult courts. 

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Assuming this was a gaffe, that's some pretty terrible wording. Whatever the case, endorsing anything related to the school-to-prison pipeline is a great way to encourage youngs who need to come out during midterms for re-election. >_>

[Person Man]

Locking up human beings in cages, not rehabilitating them, and then releasing them back into society after 10 years after they learn from the masters of criminal activity is such a great thing for society. 

I wish we could redirect more corrections dollars to state/local areas and focus on community corrections for all but the most serious offenses.  The state of Missouri has a great system for juvenile justice, but a pretty bad one for adult courts. 

This.

Assuming this was a gaffe, that's some pretty terrible wording. Whatever the case, endorsing anything related to the school-to-prison pipeline is a great way to encourage youngs who need to come out during midterms for re-election. >_>

This looks really bad. Good thing he's not in a serious election, right?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I was all like "oh hey a Democrat talking about prisons finally we can get this issue out in the open" and then I was like "oh wait it's one of those Democrats".

[greenforest32]

A truly cancerous 'industry'

[Cassius]

A truly cancerous 'industry'

Hardly. In fact, it seems a perfectly legitimate and indeed productive use of prisoners.

[free my dawg]

Are you f**king kidding me?

[Simfan34]

http://motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/biggest-obstacle-prison-reform-labor-unions