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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  11/12/2006 03:38 PM,Marie McHarry wrote:

> > Of course this "deal with it as it is" rational hasn't made any
> > headway in the recreational drug 'war' in the last 30 plus years.
>
> I dunno. This problem seems much more amenable to a straightforward
> solution if the will is there to enforce hiring laws. Yes, I know
> there's all the off-the-book stuff, but so far not much effort has
> been made to prosecute employers.
>
> Marie

I think private prisons are a big money maker. A growth industry in 
our modern USA. I guess if we don't have room for more prisoners we 
can contract to build some!
Spending tax dollars to lock people put's more bucks in someone's 
pocket than licensing aliens who come here to work.

Rob
becida AT comcast.net

http://www.tiny.cc/lSOW3

<http://usgovinfo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=usgovinfo&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ojp.usdoj.gov%2Fbjs%2F  
>

   * Between yearend 1995 and midyear 2005, the incarcerated 
population grew an average 3.4% annually. Population growth during 
the 12-month period ending June 30, 2005 was lower in State prisons 
(up 1.3%) than in Federal prison (up 3.9%) and local jails (up 4.7%).
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/21/incarceration.rate/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than 1,000 inmates were added to the 
nation's prisons and jails each week from June 2004 to June 2005, 
according to a report issued Sunday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The 56,428 new inmates -- including both convicts and those awaiting 
trial -- added to the system over the 12-month period account for a 
2.6 percent rise in the U.S. prison and jail population, according to 
a synopsis of the Bureau of Justice Statistics report.


http://www.abtassoc.com/reports/ES-priv-report.pdf

Emacs!


http://www.shareholder.com/cxw/downloads/CCA2005ar.pdf
This is the 2005 Annual Report of Corrections Corporation of America 
(NYSE CCA),

http://www.correctionscorp.com/aboutcca.html
   * CCA has approximately 69,000 beds in 63 facilities, including 
38 owned facilities, under contract for management in 19 states and 
the District of Columbia.
   * The company manages more than 62,000 inmates including males, 
females and juveniles at all security levels and does business with 
all three federal corrections agencies, almost half of all states, 
and more than a dozen local municipalities.