A Pennsylvania judge has erased more than 6,000 juvenile court convictions in that state arising from a pair of corrupt judges who took kickbacks to convict more children of crimes so the private corporation jailer could increase profits by warehousing the convicted children in its jail.
The story was featured prominently in Michael Moore’s new documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story,” as a paradigm example of what happens when government functions are privatized.
Moore concluded that ‘capitalism is evil.’
Willow 8:49 am on October 30, 2009 Permalink |
Whether he’s right or not, he’s very persuasive…I walked out of the theatre reading to start singing the Internationale.
johnpi 9:54 am on October 30, 2009 Permalink |
He is a master craftsman at this kind of thing, that’s for sure.
Otto Kerner 10:54 am on October 31, 2009 Permalink |
So, lemme see if I got this straight: the government pays people to imprison children, and then two of the government’s judges turn out to be corrupt and are sentencing kids to prison unfairly … and capitalism is to blame?
“Private” prisons are not actually private.
Conservativebrother 1:17 am on November 28, 2009 Permalink |
Because when judges imprison people unjustly and they go to government run prisons it’s not “evil.”