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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 18 Aug 2016

    US Justice Department will phase out use of privately owned prisons, citing safety concernshttp://bbc.in/2aZx8Gz 

    9:14 AM - 18 Aug 2016
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      1. Wali Real Hero‏ @Herobright2 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        IPOB accuse Buhari of using MEND as DSS media http://arm--NAIJ.COM  http://dlvr.it/M3r6NG pic.twitter.com/Vd64CJJ9Wv

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      2. Eric D'Intino‏ @Eric_DIntino 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @Gaychel22 @BBCNews This is unprecedented!

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      3.  🌈Rachel 🌈‏ @Gaychel22 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Eric_DIntino @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Pretty crazy, they are about to lose a lot of money but its for the better.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Eric D'Intino‏ @Eric_DIntino 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Gaychel22 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        rich white guys wanting packed prisons, forcing LEOs to arrest minorities for petty shit, just for profit

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      5.  🌈Rachel 🌈‏ @Gaychel22 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Eric_DIntino

        Petty shit like weed!

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      6. Eric D'Intino‏ @Eric_DIntino 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Gaychel22

        Exactly. And the systematic racism that has existed forever, targets blacks and Latinos for those petty crimes. It's all fucky.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7.  🌈Rachel 🌈‏ @Gaychel22 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Eric_DIntino

        Ok well you just gave me a new word for my dictionary. I am now using fucky as much as I can.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Eric D'Intino‏ @Eric_DIntino 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Gaychel22

        lol I love that word! Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys says it all the time. 😂😂😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9.  🌈Rachel 🌈‏ @Gaychel22 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Eric_DIntino

        Hahah thats a good one.

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      1. Chris Wood‏ @MaskaCW 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Great news, terrible idea to begin with.

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      2. Luis Partridge‏ @LuisPartridge 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews if a republican is elected they can kiss that proposal goodbye

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      1. Serry Tmith‏ @SerryTmith_ 18 Aug 2016
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        Safety concerns like having a quarter of the worlds' incarcerated population

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      1. Anthony Jones‏ @AJPeacemaker 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Long overdue.

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      1. Ken St. Andre‏ @Trollgodfather 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @Canageek

        Thank Crom! Private prisons are a scandal. IMHO.

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      1. AlfieVille‏ @AlfieVille 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Quite right. They're well past their cell by date.

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