The two firms behind Never Back Down have taken millions of dollars from an organization looking to legalize recreational weed in the Sunshine State.

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    1 year ago

    In the Nixon era, throwing people in jail for drugs was about suppressing hippies and black people.

    Now, it’s likely more about campaign contributions from privatized prisons. It’s profitable to throw someone in jail for something stupid and keep them there for as long as possible.

    Looking a little deeper, Florida has five (or more?) privatized prisons ran by the GEO Group that donates exclusively to Republicans: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/geo-group/summary?id=D000022003