George,

As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded guilty in a stunning case of greed and corruption that is still unfolding. Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan received $2.6 million in kickbacks while imprisoning children who often had no access to a lawyer. The case offers an extraordinary glimpse into the shameful private prison industry that is flourishing in the United States. --Amy Goodman, Jailing Kids for Cash

All over America, from Georgia to Arizona, the Right Wing has promoted private prisons as an efficient means to "save taxpayer's money"!

Unfortunately, the record is abysmal. For example, law enforcement officials investing in private prisons and going all out to keep them filled!

The United States, with less than 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prison population--contrary to the usual claptrap about "coddling" criminals, many of these "hell holes" are fetid warehouses that instead of being "reformatories" are "deformitories"

Maybe there should be more attention to the philosophy that says,"What you do to the least of my brethren you do to me." That might be paraphrasing, but it is essentially correct.

The words were those of the Right Wing hero, J. Christ!

Harry Tenney (Electronic mail, February 19, 2009)