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thenewgreen  ·  4564 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New York Has Some Prisons to Sell You...
    Hopefully other states will get the picture.
What would that look like, I wonder? How could other states successfully shut down prisons? Does it start with elimination on the supply side? i.e. legalization of soft drugs etc?

Also, if the states could come up with a common sense repurposing of prisons that could actually generate revenue, I think you would see a positive response from the citizenry. Also, also I think the era of "soft on crime" politics is hopefully ending. As we are entering in to the election that will be one thing I keep my eyes/ears on whether or not it's being used as political leverage.