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ryanHdidit4 karma

I see here (https://action.aclu.org/secure/ICE-private-prisons) that you are only 80 or signatures away from your goal of 15,000 to petition DHS to drop private prisons. Should you reach your goal, what is the next step?

ryanHdidit3 karma

To what extent, if any, do you believe the existence and continued survival of private prisons is dependent upon corruption?

ryanHdidit3 karma

How good an idea would it be, do you suppose to close the 13th Amendment slavery loop-hole? If that were successful, wouldn't that instantly put an end to the legislators love affair with prison-as-as-solution-to-everything mentality--whether that prison be private or not?

ryanHdidit3 karma

Amy, if you and your colleagues could wave a magic wand and be granted the kind of prison that you would ultimately wish for, what would it look like?

ryanHdidit3 karma

How do you all feel about the state of prison reform at the moment? Do you feel we're at a tipping point, or that the journey has just begun? Do you have any statistics to indicate what the public mood is regarding private prisons, or, prison in general?