The private prison industry is something Australia knows well. So why haven’t we produced a Bernie Sanders-style figure to acquire it a political issue?US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is on the warpath against private prison contractors. “Corporations should not be allowed to acquire a profit by building more jails and keeping more Americans behind bars,” he wrote on Facebook in August. The following month he introduced a bill in the Senate, the justice is not for sale act, or which would block the federal government from collaborating with these private firms. Related: Action urged on 'mistreatment' of Northern Territory's child offenders Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com