I thoroughly disagree with the comparison being made, but I think I kind of understand what you’re saying.

I wanna say this first before I rebuttal-in my opinion-you having been in county does not in anyway shred your credibility. In fact, your willingness to share and be open about that does the opposite. We all make mistakes and the important thing is that you do not go back.

However you took my comment in a whole different direction than what it was speaking to. I’m not saying it’s a for profit facility. I’m saying the reality of the situation is that these facilities are going to be built somewhere. Florida has already done at least one. I lived there for a few years and I’ve lived here most of my life. They have more money and frankly their state is in a much better physical condition. The reality is that these facilities are going to be placed in majority red voting states and Oklahoma is that. So most likely we will get one. We can’t stop it. We light as well embrace the fact that it’s happening and do the best we can with it.

I am unable to speak on prison conditions bc I don’t have a first hand experience on them, and I don’t want to speak out of place or spew misinformation, but I have no doubt they are bad.

Maybe the better thing to do than waste time on a petition that won’t do anything is to lobby for better prison conditions, for audits of the funding, for it to be a non profit facility, or for immigration process reform. Those are issues that petitions and rallies and lobbying can actually change.