[Video] Rand Paul testifies at Senate Judiciary Cmte Hearing on Mandatory Minimums

[Galileo]

[Video] Rand Paul testifies at Senate Judiciary Cmte Hearing on Mandatory Minimums 9/18/13 (VIDEO)

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?428024-Video-Rand-Paul-testifies-at-Senate-Judiciary-Cmte-Hearing-on-Mandatory-Minimums-9-18-13&p=5229769#post5229769

:ihit

[cheguevara]

what a racist!

[cheguevara]

Rand Paul got my vote for 2016 and I don't even like the guy :lol

but compared to potential opponents like Hilary or whoever the neoconGOP will put up, he is a no brainer

[Galileo]

Lawrence O'Donnell praises Rand Paul, left freaks! (VIDEO)

On Wednesday night, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, lavished praise on Senator Rand Paul for making the “politically bravest” statement of the day. The subject was his strong opposition to mandatory minimum sentencing and related statements on the 'War on Drugs.'

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.dailypaul.com/299719/lawrence-odonnell-praises-rand-paul-left-freaks

:lmao

[DMX7]

He's thankful that we got to see Barack Obama as President! :toast

[boutons_deux]

Prison Quotas Push Lawmakers To Fill Beds, Derail Reform


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After three violent inmates escaped from an Arizona private prison (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/arizona-prison-break-murd_n_666311.html) in July 2010, prompting a two-week, multi-state manhunt, state corrections officials demanded improvements and stopped sending new inmates to what they called a "dysfunctional" 3,300-bed facility.

Less than a year later, the company that runs the prison, Management & Training Corp., threatened to sue the state. A line in their contract guaranteed that the prison would remain 97 percent full. They argued they had lost nearly $10 million from the reduced inmate population.

State officials renegotiated the contract, but ended up paying $3 million for empty beds as the company continued to address problems, according to state documents and local news accounts. (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/08/07/20110807arizona-prison-private-oversight.html?nclick_check=1)

Far from the exception, Arizona's contractually obligated promise to fill prison beds is a common provision in a majority of America's private prison contracts, according to a public records analysis released today (http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/sites/default/files/Criminal%20Lockup%20Quota%20Report.pdf) by the advocacy group In the Public Interest. The group reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments across the country, and found language mentioning quotas for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those analyzed.

The prison bed guarantees range between minimums of 70 percent occupancy in a California prison to 100 percent occupancy requirements at some Arizona prisons. Most of the contracts had language mandating that at least 90 percent of prison beds be filled.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/private-prison-quotas_n_3953483.html?ref=topbar

the surveilliance/national security/police state is above all a BUSINESS

[Galileo]

Republican Senator Rand Paul Wants To Reinstate Voting Rights For Black Men (VIDEO)

This might come as a shock to those of you who are caught up in the left-right paradigm of politics, but Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has taken a bold stand in the fight for civil rights of previously convicted felons.

In a recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee, Rand Paul has spoken out against strict mandatory minimum sentences that disproportionally effect minorities, while also advocating for reinstating voting rights & gun ownership rights for those who have served their time.

Paul is widely considered as the Republican front-runner for the 2016 Presidential ticket.

MORE:

http://keepittrill.com/online/2013/09/republican-senator-rand-paul-reinstate-voting-rights-black-men/

*:-O surprise

[Axegrinder]

keepittrill indeed :lmao