Jindal to announce his run for president......
Jun 24, 2015 9:35:15 GMT -6
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Post by emotionallyincorrect on Jun 24, 2015 9:35:15 GMT -6
Normally, I wouldn't care and just go wonderful another Republican......however, THIS GUY?
As the governor of Louisiana, there is immediately a dis-qualifier IMO for him even thinking about it!
How Louisiana Became The World's 'Prison Capital'
Well, that's certainly something to brag about in your dreams of becoming President aye Governor?
But wait! There's more!
www.npr.org/2012/06/05/154352977/how-louisiana-became-the-worlds-prison-capital
I would love to hear a REAL JOURNALIST ask the Governor about how he isn't aware of this HUGE problem.......
As the governor of Louisiana, there is immediately a dis-qualifier IMO for him even thinking about it!
How Louisiana Became The World's 'Prison Capital'
A new expose by The Times-Picayune of New Orleans calls Louisiana the "world's prison capital."
The state imprisons more people per capita than any other state or country in the world, with one out of every 86 adults behind bars. Its rate of incarceration is three times higher than Iran's and 10 times higher than Germany's.
How did Louisiana double its prison population in the past 20 years? And what differentiates it from other states?
The state imprisons more people per capita than any other state or country in the world, with one out of every 86 adults behind bars. Its rate of incarceration is three times higher than Iran's and 10 times higher than Germany's.
How did Louisiana double its prison population in the past 20 years? And what differentiates it from other states?
Well, that's certainly something to brag about in your dreams of becoming President aye Governor?
But wait! There's more!
The difference, says Times-Picayune reporter Cindy Chang, is that more than half of the inmates in the state are housed in local prisons run by sheriffs, and the state's correction system has created financial incentives for those sheriffs to keep prisons full.
"In Louisiana, the system has grown so that sheriffs house a lot of inmates who are serving state sentences," Chang tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "And the reason the sheriffs are willing to do that is because they get money in return for doing that."
A majority of Louisiana's inmates are now housed in for-profit jails, which are run in many instances by parish sheriffs located in rural areas of the state. The sheriffs receive approximately $25 a day per inmate.
In some instances, sheriffs outsource the prisons to for-profit companies who then operate the prisons themselves. In exchange, the sheriffs receive cash for their department, which allows them to hire more employees.
"In Louisiana, the system has grown so that sheriffs house a lot of inmates who are serving state sentences," Chang tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "And the reason the sheriffs are willing to do that is because they get money in return for doing that."
A majority of Louisiana's inmates are now housed in for-profit jails, which are run in many instances by parish sheriffs located in rural areas of the state. The sheriffs receive approximately $25 a day per inmate.
In some instances, sheriffs outsource the prisons to for-profit companies who then operate the prisons themselves. In exchange, the sheriffs receive cash for their department, which allows them to hire more employees.
I would love to hear a REAL JOURNALIST ask the Governor about how he isn't aware of this HUGE problem.......
