Comments on: Judicial nominees, prison exploitation and discriminatory country clubs http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Observer http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-159015 Observer Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:12:57 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-159015 Since this article was written, an entirely different and much more important issue has surfaced. Has Gus Puryear constructed a system to launder, whitewash, soften and sanitize internal reports so that only the blandest documentation of corporate difficulties reaches those agencies with whom CCA contracts. There appears to be a growing body of hard evidence that this is indeed the case. Some serious incidents seem to be completely buried, neither available to the public nor the relevant authorities. Does any of this sound familiar? Does it remind one of Winston Smith's job at the Ministry of Truth? Since this article was written, an entirely different and much more important issue has surfaced. Has Gus Puryear constructed a system to launder, whitewash, soften and sanitize internal reports so that only the blandest documentation of corporate difficulties reaches those agencies with whom CCA contracts. There appears to be a growing body of hard evidence that this is indeed the case. Some serious incidents seem to be completely buried, neither available to the public nor the relevant authorities.

Does any of this sound familiar? Does it remind one of Winston Smith’s job at the Ministry of Truth?

]]> By: Jenny's Pennies » Woman forgotten in cell for four days without food, water, toilet or bed http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157683 Jenny's Pennies » Woman forgotten in cell for four days without food, water, toilet or bed Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:20:57 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157683 [...] There’s good money to be made from keeping unwanted noncriminal brown people locked up. Feministe has more on the [...] [...] There’s good money to be made from keeping unwanted noncriminal brown people locked up. Feministe has more on the [...]

]]> By: Monday Random « Mortality’s Thoughts http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157234 Monday Random « Mortality’s Thoughts Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:25:10 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157234 [...] boyfriend I went on about incarceration rates in the US. The whole prison system over there is fucked up.. I also mentioned that someone had changed places on the keys on a [...] [...] boyfriend I went on about incarceration rates in the US. The whole prison system over there is fucked up.. I also mentioned that someone had changed places on the keys on a [...]

]]> By: Caravelle http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157198 Caravelle Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:32:40 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157198 "People in prison are probably the single most powerless constituency out there, less powerful than women, LGBT, virtually any other group I can think of." Actually there is one - *illegal immigrants* in prison. People who got there through the judicial system actually have a few rights; illegal immigrants don't. I heard recently of a Mexican woman who came to visit her daughter in France but who had neglected to get all of the necessary paperwork (which had recently become more restrictive). She got carted to some containment camp with no right to contact her family or anything. So it's not only the US. “People in prison are probably the single most powerless constituency out there, less powerful than women, LGBT, virtually any other group I can think of.”

Actually there is one – *illegal immigrants* in prison. People who got there through the judicial system actually have a few rights; illegal immigrants don’t. I heard recently of a Mexican woman who came to visit her daughter in France but who had neglected to get all of the necessary paperwork (which had recently become more restrictive). She got carted to some containment camp with no right to contact her family or anything. So it’s not only the US.

]]> By: ouyangdan http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157115 ouyangdan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:13:56 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157115 this just breaks my heart. i will never understand this sort of thing. who the fuck imprisons children? land of the free my ass... are there organizations out there trying to fix this? this just breaks my heart. i will never understand this sort of thing. who the fuck imprisons children?
land of the free my ass…
are there organizations out there trying to fix this?

]]> By: Feministe » Heartbreak of the Day http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157047 Feministe » Heartbreak of the Day Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157047 [...] referenced this picture in yesterday’s post, but I couldn’t find an image of it until today. It was drawn by a nine-year-old child being [...] [...] referenced this picture in yesterday’s post, but I couldn’t find an image of it until today. It was drawn by a nine-year-old child being [...]

]]> By: Bubkis http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157038 Bubkis Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:14:40 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157038 CCA has powerful lobbyists who have been successful in canceling almost every skills training program in the federal prison system. Further, they have stymied all efforts toward new programs. They want prisoners to leave incarceration with no viable employment skill so that they will quickly reoffend and return to prison. This mentality is a result of looking at prisoners not as people, but as economic units that go to the bottom line. I don't believe there is a hell beyond life here on earth, but the truly evil people who run and profit from CCA and its competitors have done their best to create one here. They maximize the profit from their hell holes by providing substandard food, medical care and environment for the human beings who are unfortunate enough to be put there by the BOP. Anyone who complains is brutally silenced. Shakespear's quote from Cymbeline is appropriate to describe those who speak and work for CCA, "Thy tongue outvenoms all the worms of the Nile". CCA has powerful lobbyists who have been successful in canceling almost every skills training program in the federal prison system. Further, they have stymied all efforts toward new programs. They want prisoners to leave incarceration with no viable employment skill so that they will quickly reoffend and return to prison. This mentality is a result of looking at prisoners not as people, but as economic units that go to the bottom line.

I don’t believe there is a hell beyond life here on earth, but the truly evil people who run and profit from CCA and its competitors have done their best to create one here. They maximize the profit from their hell holes by providing substandard food, medical care and environment for the human beings who are unfortunate enough to be put there by the BOP. Anyone who complains is brutally silenced. Shakespear’s quote from Cymbeline is appropriate to describe those who speak and work for CCA, “Thy tongue outvenoms all the worms of the Nile”.

]]> By: zenzen » Blog Archive » Dear god. http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157029 zenzen » Blog Archive » Dear god. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:52:13 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157029 [...] nothing to say about this. CCA is the largest private prison “provider” in the United States, with meteoric stock [...] [...] nothing to say about this. CCA is the largest private prison “provider” in the United States, with meteoric stock [...]

]]> By: Volunteer Voters » Focusing On The Trees http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157013 Volunteer Voters » Focusing On The Trees Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:18:33 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-157013 [...] Feministe takes issue with the Nashville Scene for taking issue with the county club associations of a Bush judicial nominee Gus Puryear rather than his association with a prominent for-profit prison conglomerate: But, not surprisingly, it’s not his involvement with CCA that has him up for scrutiny — it’s his membership in a notoriously discriminatory country club that doesn’t allow women to vote and that only has one black member (who conveniently lives in another state). [...] [...] Feministe takes issue with the Nashville Scene for taking issue with the county club associations of a Bush judicial nominee Gus Puryear rather than his association with a prominent for-profit prison conglomerate: But, not surprisingly, it’s not his involvement with CCA that has him up for scrutiny — it’s his membership in a notoriously discriminatory country club that doesn’t allow women to vote and that only has one black member (who conveniently lives in another state). [...]

]]> By: Alex http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-156973 Alex Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:45:48 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/09/judicial-nominees-prison-exploitation-and-discriminatory-country-clubs/#comment-156973 <strong>Actually, there are many other reasons to oppose Puryear besides his country club membership, and some of them are getting press, too. For full details visit: www.againstpuryear.org.</strong> Actually, there are many other reasons to oppose Puryear besides his country club membership, and some of them are getting press, too. For full details visit: http://www.againstpuryear.org.

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