Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the crew visits Ron in prison. Ron blabbers about the profit motive of private prisons and their runaway exploitation. Seamus calmly explains that private prisons are hardly the main cause of America’s mass incarceration issues.
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fee.org/articles/4-things-you-should-know-about-mass-incarceration
fee.org/articles/how-to-fix-private-prisons
sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states
theintercept.com/2016/05/18/ca-marijuana-measure
theintercept.com/2018/08/14/police-unions-prison-reform
reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the crew visits Ron in prison. Ron blabbers about the profit motive of private prisons and their runaway exploitation. Seamus calmly explains that private prisons are hardly the main cause of America’s mass incarceration issues.
______________________________
fee.org/articles/4-things-you-should-know-about-mass-incarceration
fee.org/articles/how-to-fix-private-prisons
sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states
theintercept.com/2016/05/18/ca-marijuana-measure
theintercept.com/2018/08/14/police-unions-prison-reform
reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
