America leads NZ on Cannabis reform AND banning private prisons?

This is becoming embarrassing.

America is light years ahead of NZ on legalised cannabis with a fully regulated and taxed market, AND they are now ahead of us by banning the corporate cancer that is private prisons…

US to end federal use of private prisons

The US Justice Department will phase out use of privately owned prisons, citing safety concerns.
Contracts with 13 private prisons will be reviewed and allowed to expire over the next five years.

“They do not save substantially on costs and … they do not maintain the same level of safety and security,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said explaining the decision.

The majority of US prisoners are held in state-run prisons.
On Wall Street, the stocks of private prison companies declined sharply after the news was announced.

By Thursday afternoon, Corrections Corporation of America stock had plunged by nearly 50%.

…how is it that the home of the war on drugs and exploited prison labour can be more progressive and liberal than bloody NZ?

The main argument used to privatise prisons in this country are that they will save us money, yet America has found that’s not true!

The Private Prisons will fight back by paying victims rights groups to exploit particularly violent crimes and demand a law and order crack down.

All this move by America does is give Donald Trump one hell of a new donor.

Before those vested corporate interests get any more powerful here, a new Government coming in must immediately sever the contract with SERCO and there needs to be an immediate investigation of ACC’s role in being a 30% shareholder in Wiri.

Private Prisons are another failed right wing experiment in social policy that is counter productive and damaging. The sooner we kill it off in NZ, the better.