Good and Mad Reading for the Weekend

These two articles are so outrageous, they need no editorializing from us:

"Private purchasing of prison locks in occupancy rates"  In layperson's terms:  "We'll run your prisons, but only if you promise to keep them full!"  How is that good for sentencing reform, or for state budgets?!

"Proposal to buy prisons raises ethical concerns" The former director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is now securing deals for private prison companies.  You be the judge.