It's friday and because I'm spending the weekend outside, I'll discuss those who are stuck inside. California is putting record numbers of people in jail and it is really breaking our asses. Not to mention those whose asses are in the pokey. We are in a huge budget crunch and it got me to thinking about my inspiration Bob Fitrakis. Now I don't know if Bob has ever been to Jail; (have you? write me at anthonymyers4@gmail.com) but he has reported about a man who used to build jails for the state of Ohio. Of course I am referring to deceased brother of U.S. Senator George Voinavich, Paul Voinavich.
Now why would someone have built prisons when their brother was a high ranking public official? We can all add up the score here. It was an obvious conflict of interest, though somehow legal, that had dumped millions into the Voinavich family coffers. Republicans use fear to criminalize poverty, incarcerating young people of color while undercutting the very social underpinnings by which those same poor people scrape out a living. It is really disgusting, and I am glad Bob is out there watchdogging those folks. In California, obviously a more populated state than Ohio, we have Mother Jones. Thank you both and I hope you readers get as much out of these stories as do the regulators who are officially asleep at the wheel.
Friday, July 25
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