Click here to access article by Arvind Dilawar from The Occupied Wall Street Journal.
With the current push to decriminalize marijuana possession which could dramatically cut the number of prisoners, corporate operated prisons will need to look elsewhere for inmates. See the article entitled, "Prison Stocks: What Happens When Marijuana Is Legalized?"
The author of this piece suggests that investors among the One Percent need not worry if they own stocks in these corporations: they are currently very busy with their bags of money influencing your state and Congressional representatives. But maybe activists should.
I have been very puzzled by efforts of officials underway in my state of Washington to legalize the use of marijuana. It seems to me that one could be forgiven if they thought there might be a connection between legalization efforts and anticipated imprisonment of activists.