tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743657915144093998.post3047433292171079646..comments2023-10-25T03:04:24.656-07:00Comments on Dog Justice for Mentally Ill: Mentally Ill Inmate Dies in His Own UrineMaryLovesJustice Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02911729765985760491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743657915144093998.post-19367643641135515182012-09-13T14:30:25.046-07:002012-09-13T14:30:25.046-07:00Thanks for responding, Progressive. Privatizing pr...Thanks for responding, Progressive. Privatizing prisons was very negative for human rights in America. Did you know that every prison is under the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal agency? Do you know that the federal government itself uses privatized prisons - even after they brutalize inmates? Read a story about Frank Horton, a mentally ill inmate who was brutalized in a prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Nashville, TN. Frank was close to death when his guard reported his abusive living conditions. Frank had been held for nine months in solitary confinment living in filth. Despite the abuse, CCA continued to be awarded federal contracts with guaranteed rates of occupancy. See an excerpt below:<br /><br />NASHVILLE - Corrections Corporation of America announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house up to 2,567 federal inmates at CCA's recently completed 2,232-bed Adams County Correctional Center in Mississippi. <br /><br />The four-year contract, awarded as part of the Criminal Alien Requirement 8 Solicitation ("CAR 8"), also provides for up to three two-year renewal options and includes contract provisions that are materially comparable to the Company's other contracts with the BOP, including a 50 percent guarantee of occupancy during activation period and a 90 percent guarantee thereafter. CCA expects to receive a Notice to Proceed within 120 days of the contract award and expects to commence receiving inmates during the third quarter of 2009. Under the provisions of the award, the company could earn revenues of up to approximately $226.4 million during the initial four-year term of the contract. <br /><br />Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Torture Mentally Ill~ 9 mo. Solitary Confinement in Filth, Naked | NowPublic News Coverage<br /><br />http://www.nowpublic.com/health/torture-mentally-ill-9-mo-solitary-confinement-filth-naked#ixzz26O33is2d<br /><br />So you see, there is complicity between the federal government and private prisons to keep those facilities full, which is a slave contract. <br /><br />You recommend that people who do not want insurance under the national health care plan should pay the penalty. Did you know that people who cannot pay the penalty may be subject to arrest? Obviously, poor Americans are to have no authority over their own bodies.MaryLovesJustice Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02911729765985760491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743657915144093998.post-87788394490479725782012-07-04T10:43:25.493-07:002012-07-04T10:43:25.493-07:00You're arguing the wrong point here - this is ...You're arguing the wrong point here - this is not about health care per se, it is about the privitization of prisons. From your post:<br /><br />The Tribune notes that ambulance runs are "strictly monitored" in "an effort to cut costs" by Corizon Inc., the for-profit company contracted by the DOC to care for its prisoners. <br /><br /><br />It wasn't the government that failed to provide timely health care for this prisoner, it was the for-profit company caring for the prisoners. "Privitization" is a Republican mantra these days; in this case, privitization is to blame for this man's death. So, what else shall we privatize? <br /><br />Mary Neal, you're wrong. Don't want to pay for health insurance? Fine. Pay the penalty. It'll cost you less than 1 month's premiums.Progressivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743657915144093998.post-69137052277180455592012-07-04T01:57:24.084-07:002012-07-04T01:57:24.084-07:00Final paragraph to this article is worth repeating...Final paragraph to this article is worth repeating: Can Americans be sure that we who are not prisoners will be treated any better than Xavius or Kathia Casseus? See Kathia's story in DogJusticeforMentallyIll blog, entitled "Prison, Sex Abuse and Death for Retarded Teen?" at this link http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2012/07/prison-sex-aubse-and-death-for-retarded.html ) We should care more about prisoner health care. Lawsuits cost more than treatment, for one thing. Secondly, if we miss paying our premiums for coverage under the national health care plan, we could find ourselves behind bars! That's government tough love.MaryLovesJustice Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02911729765985760491noreply@blogger.com