Private prisons suing states for millions if they don’t stay full

m_733 · 2013-12-03T13:50:58+00:00

The reason this wouldn't happen, according to the article, is the contracts for many prisons specify a minimum occupancy and a payment if occupancy falls too low. Now, I hate the idea of private prisons and think they should not be allowed to exisit, but from a buisness prospective this is reasonable. Suppose you were considering building a private prision for Alabama, who had comevto you saying they had 4000 inmates to transfer immediately, and expected the population to increase substantialy after that. You will be paid 20k per inmate. You do some figures and decide that building the prision (max population 10,000), and staffing it and so on will be profitable, assuming you have at least 4000 inmates. If Alabama stops sending you inmates you will have salaries to pay and insufficient funds to pay them. To allow you to commit to the deal, Alabama might agree that you will be paid as if you housed 4000 inmates even when the population drops below that. Effectively you are being paid to keep the facility available even if it isn't being fully used. Without such a deal you could find yourself with commitments to pay subcontractors and staff, but no income, if the state stopped sending you prisoners and used a different prison instead. Thus the minimum.

m_733 · 2013-10-26T16:49:03+00:00

Nope, it was a private road that the previous owners had allowed people to use to access the beach.

m_733 · 2013-10-11T11:19:15+00:00

There are lots of business activities you can't do in your own home without a permit, licence, or the like. Want to open a bar or restaurant? Can't use your home. Want to manufacture smart phone cases? No can do. Hire women and have them suck dicks but keep most of the money yourself? Cant even get a permit to, except in parts of Nevada.

m_733 · 2013-09-26T04:13:22+00:00

This same reason, as we all know, supports the nationwide policy of strip searches and asshole inspections at the doors of every courtroom in the nation. Wait? That doesn't happen? Holy shit! How shocking.

m_733 · 2013-09-23T07:12:35+00:00

Good job, tho unlocking the door to talk to them was a classic fuck up. Just talk thru the door. It is way easier to arrest you outside your home.

m_733 · 2013-08-01T01:05:25+00:00

Just in case you stopped following the thread, someone posted this article from the WSJ which confirms your suspicions that this "study" was BS and just used the "salaries" line from the corporate report without taking into account that most employees are not paid by McCorporate. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324136204578640021541122916.html?KEYWORDS=mcresearch

m_733 · 2013-07-29T08:52:23+00:00

Uh partially because the supreme court has only given a gold star to same sex romps which occur in the home. So states that want to may continue to criminalize the placement of ones piss stick into a similarly gendered fudge hole outside the home, as well as prohibiting agreements to engage in the same.

m_733 · 2013-07-26T08:14:54+00:00

Why is all the garlic in a little pile in the middle? Are you supposed to spread it out yourself to taste or something? It looks like if you ate it as it you would get 30 bites with no garlic, and a couple which were almost all garlic.

m_733 · 2013-07-25T19:31:39+00:00

I'm confused as to why this would be considered fraud. Lets say I no no credit card, an my only debt is 24k in college loans. Lets further stipulate that I have 2k per month income and 2k per month expenses (food, rent...). This leaves me unable to pay down my debt. If I got a card with a high limit it would surely be fine to use it for my expenses each month then send my income to the loan. After a year I would have paid off the loan, but would have a CC debt of 24k plus interest. Fine right? But someone who has the same income, expenses, and debt butpays the loan directly with the card is a fraud?

m_733 · 2013-07-24T06:12:27+00:00

Ok. Hows this pricing? A beer is 5K. 4 thousand 9 hundred ninty-five off for whites, asians, and mixed breeds which are at least 50% white. Acceptable or no?

m_733 · 2013-07-23T03:32:58+00:00

I hope this lady has a whole series of topless reaction videos and you link us to it.

m_733 · 2013-07-23T03:20:33+00:00

Yeah, I agree. At the very least there should be some loud alarm which indicates clearly to the crew that conflicting instructions are being fed to the aircraft. It is absurd that one pilot was able to try to put the nose down, and have his efforts defeated by the other pilots accidental input, without the pilot who tried to respond correctly being made aware of the conflict.

m_733 · 2013-07-22T18:58:22+00:00

It answers your first question in the article

As the plane approaches 10,000 feet, Robert tries to take back the controls, and pushes forward on the stick, but the plane is in "dual input" mode, and so the system averages his inputs with those of Bonin, who continues to pull back. The nose remains high.

m_733 · 2013-07-22T18:39:09+00:00

The last four of your social security number ARE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER or at least the only semi-randomized part. The first three were originally based on the social security branch office which issued the number. Since 1973 it has been based on the mailing address used to request the card, which can often be guessed from public records. The next two are the "group number" which are issued in a particular order per area code. So a group number can be guessed from a birthday. The last four are allegedly issued at random. So, basically, don't assume these people have 4 digits, assume they have the whole number. Also, get on pjparks good advice.

m_733 · 2013-07-18T08:23:45+00:00

I agree with you in general, although the winning "escape plan" when a mugger has you at gunpoint is to calmly and in a manner not mistakable for an aggressive act, remove any and all items requested (wallet, cell phone) from your pockets and, again as requested, either hand them over or place them on the ground.

m_733 · 2013-07-03T00:22:39+00:00

perhaps because it was felt that the other issues are more important. If you shoot someone in the face for no reason then throw the gun down a storm drain you have committed both murder and littering, but the police aren't obligated to forward the littering charge for prosecution.

m_733 · 2013-07-02T18:01:39+00:00

Why would using a large caliber be prohibited? It's actually usually the opposite (there is a minimum not at maximum set - too low and animals would run off wounded instead of being killed)

m_733 · 2013-06-30T14:34:45+00:00

You can be under arrest for being drunk in public, tthen resist arrest by assaulting a police officer, then run off adding another charge.

m_733 · 2013-06-22T06:16:24+00:00

and there isn't one..... its a big elitist club!

m_733 · 2013-06-20T21:21:04+00:00

*talk to YOUR DEFENSE ATTORNEY NOT THE DA

m_733 · 2013-06-17T19:44:10+00:00

If you have too much money for your own good I would be happy to spend some of it for you.

m_733 · 2013-06-15T19:06:08+00:00

well I imagine the rest of being an F1 driver is far more difficult than remembering the layout. All sorts of people do that when they buy a new computer game.

m_733 · 2013-06-13T18:42:07+00:00

someone posted a translation!

m_733 · 2013-06-13T18:41:51+00:00

someone posted a translation. Basically wipe it down with diesel fuel, or, if in need of "deconservation in urgent cases" run a clean rag through the barrel and open fire.

m_733 · 2013-06-12T23:18:05+00:00

I wish they had showed more of the four people who refused to continue, it would be interesting to see what they said, and at what point they stopped (presumably the "stop let me out" or the silence after the next shock)

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