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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 23 Jun 2016

    Stabbings, lockdowns, an escape: What a reporter saw working as a private prison guard http://bit.ly/28RYy0a pic.twitter.com/hSCBli2qfn

    6:45 AM - 23 Jun 2016
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      2. Roose  🐻 🍻‏ @MRoose97 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MotherJones

        @alison_rambles conveniently this comes out as OITNB and its privately owned prison season starts. Yes it paint private as bad

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. A  🇺🇸 ✌🏻‏ @alison_rambles 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MRoose97

        Right?? @MRoose97 @MotherJones

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      4. Roose  🐻 🍻‏ @MRoose97 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @alison_rambles @MotherJones

        Mother Jones is unabashedly eleutherophobia.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. A  🇺🇸 ✌🏻‏ @alison_rambles 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MRoose97

        The man who wrote this was imprisoned in Iran for 2 yrs. interesting that he left that out of story. &CCA HR needs to be fired @MRoose97

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      6. Roose  🐻 🍻‏ @MRoose97 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @alison_rambles

        why was he imprisoned there? Drug running I'm guessing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. A  🇺🇸 ✌🏻‏ @alison_rambles 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MRoose97

        Apparently free press situation! He's super anti military @MRoose97

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      8. Roose  🐻 🍻‏ @MRoose97 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @alison_rambles

        he sounds like a real genius. Smart topic to write and talk about in Iran.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Just Phil‏ @JustPhilD 25 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MRoose97 @alison_rambles

        CCA is a public company hired by bureaucracy. Not private. https://www.google.com/search?ei=47tuV63yIYm_jwS1tYKYBQ&q=cca+stock+price&oq=cca+stock&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.1.1.0l5.3062.18679.0.21661.38.26.12.17.18.0.856.4893.1j21j1j0j2j0j1.26.0....0...1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-serp..0.38.2260.3..41j0i131j0i67j0i3j0i46i67j46i67.zpUIMp21os0 …

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      2. Stephen Tock‏ @stock73 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MotherJones

        So private prisons are just like public prisons, huh? #GuessWeKnewThat

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      3. Ronell. Period.‏ @MisterWhitaker 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @stock73 @MotherJones

        with less oversight seemingly

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      4. Stephen Tock‏ @stock73 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MisterWhitaker @MotherJones

        Actually, both public and private have the same oversight. Scary, isn't it?

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      5. Ronell. Period.‏ @MisterWhitaker 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @stock73 @MotherJones

        that's even worse

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
      1. Let's troll!‏ @DefeattheDINOs 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MotherJones

        #Hispanic activists heckled #Hillary2016 about campaign contributions from the private prison industry, http://bit.ly/1P3bJJj  @MotherJones

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      1. Stanbury Barth‏ @stanbury_barth 23 Jun 2016
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        Yep for profit prisons, as good as for profit healthcare. Gotta answer to the stockholders.

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      1. #BrotherNathanael  🕊‏ @RealJewNews 23 Jun 2016
        Replying to @MotherJones

        #Prison State #America: Inmates becoming #corpoRATism debt-slaves in for-profit facilities https://youtu.be/E9Qpa40m3DA  via @YouTube

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