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2. How about we stop calling them

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:02 PM

Mar 24

Detention camps or private prisons?

People in prisons have rights, these are concentration camps.

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Sheriff fails to investigate 7 rape cases at ICE detention center [View all] Miles Archer Mar 24 OP

Private prisons need be outlawed pfitz59 Mar 24 #1

All incarceration makes a profit, public and private. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 24 #6

How about we stop calling them gab13by13 Mar 24 #2

... Solly Mack Mar 24 #3

So, the raping bastards continue in front of our eyes. bluestarone Mar 24 #4

Who didn't expect this? malaise Mar 24 #5

DURec leftstreet Mar 24 #8

OMG, this government sucks so fucking bad. Initech Mar 24 #9

Sort of makes one stop asking "How much WORSE can it get?" Miles Archer Mar 24 #10