I fear how powerful that lobby is going to get over the next few decades -- Think about what they'll be able to prevent... any realistic shot at rehabilitating our country's drug laws into something sensible will be completely dismissed.
I went to Taft (the camp) which is privately owned by a company called MTC. When I was there, I hurt my leg extremely bad to the point where something popped (I was only 22 and a jock in HS, so it was bad). I couldn't walk on it at all. The nurse guy came out to the yard and made me get into a wheel chair and he pushed me to the nursing area. He ran my hurt leg into a concrete pillar. Everyone told me don't get hurt inside, because you'll stay longer, your release date will somehow disappear, and it looks bad on the facility so they don't release you until your better. When I got into the nursing area and he checked it, he made me stretch it and I swear I held back tears from the pain and said I'm fine. Other prisoners would tell you that Taft is good, they sell tobacco in the commissary, or they're more laid back.....prison is prison and PRIVATE ones like this make money off of you being there. Don't get hurt, don't piss off the co's, or you'll end up with no release date like 1 person I met, or dead like a healthy person that needed their medication, but didn't get it in time.