Pubdate: Tue, 03 Feb 2015
Source: East Valley Tribune (AZ)
Copyright: 2015 East Valley Tribune.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2708
Author: Salli Nelson

DISPENSARIES CAN'T GET PRODUCT LEGALLY

Mr. and Ms. Legislator: How NOT to fix Arizona's deficit - by pouring
more money into private prisons.

* Our tax dollars go to corporations outside of Arizona that post
hundreds of millions in profits.

* The jobs in private prisons do not pay well and have high 
prisoner-to-staff ratios, making them dangerous for prisoners and staff 
alike.

* Careers and families are ruined with high incarceration rates for 
minor offenses because Arizona agreed to fill every bed or pay a penalty 
to the corporation.

* The USA has only 5 percent of the planet's population and 25 percent 
are inmates because prisoners are not people who made a mistake and can 
be rehabilitated, they are just corporate revenue.

Instead of cutting school funds, let's redirect the private prison
money into ensuring kids get an education that will help them on the
road to being productive citizens and not future prisoners.

Salli Nelson

Mesa
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