Vagari veLancaster County, Penn. vakafara nekudzidza chidzidzo ichi nekukunda kwavakaita nguva pfupi yadarika vachirwisa Geo Group, hofori yeindasitiri yemajeri yakazvimirira.
Geo Group yakawana mukurumbira nekuda kwemaitiro ayo ane mumvuri, iine rap sheet akasiyana seanonzi masevhisi aanopa. Geo rave zita remumba mumavhiki achangopfuura kuwana purofiti kubva kune vechidiki uye nzvimbo dzekuvharirwa mhuri dzave chiratidzo chemutungamiri wenyika, VaDonald Trump. Asi maitiro akashata ekambani akatangira VaTrump - kunyangwe vaifungira zvakanyanya hukama hwekutsvaga nehutongi huripo hwakanyorwa zvakanaka.
The private prison profiteers vane yakarasikirwa nemamiriyoni mumari yemubatanidzwa, kungotarisira zvivakwa izvo mutongi mumwe wemubatanidzwa akadana "chidziva chezviito nemamiriro ezvinhu zvisiri pamutemo uye zvehutsinye." Pasinei nerekodhi yavo inosemesa, Geo akapinda mazana emamiriyoni yemadhora muzvibvumirano zvehurumende yemubatanidzwa mugore rapfuura, nekukatyamadza $ Miriyoni 9.7 achiisa homwe dzeMukuru Mukuru George Zoley muna 2017.
MuLancaster County, Geo akawana chinangwa chidiki pane nzvimbo dzekuvharirwa dzemhuri parizvino dziri pamusoro pemisoro yenhau. Kambani iyi yanga ichida kutora mabasa ekupinda zvakare mudunhu aipihwa vanhu vakambovharirwa pavanenge vabuda muhusungwa. Nehurombo kuGeo, Lancaster County yaitove neyakagadzika chirongwa chekupindazve. Mubatanidzwa wezvisina purofiti unozivikanwa seReentry Management Organisation wanga uchipa mabasa anotungamirwa nenharaunda. budiriro yakanyorwa.
Asi izvo zvisina purofiti, izvo zvakapihwa mari pa-ad-hoc, zvakasiiwa muguruva apo dunhu rakafunga kuita. chinja nzira yekupa mari kumakwikwi ekubhidha-maitiro. A chamupupuri yekuchinja kwezviyero uye zvekutanga, pamwe chete nemaitiro ekufungidzira, zvakasiya vasina purofiti vavhiringika, sezvo masevhisi avakange vagara vachipa akange asisaenderane nezvinangwa zvedunhu. Zvichakadaro, Geo Group yakaita capitalized, ichiisa pamberi chete bhidhiyo yekupa parolee masevhisi.
Iyo kambani yanga ichitenderera Lancaster kwenguva yakati, Michelle Hines, murongi neLancaster Stands Up, akadaro. Vagari veLancaster vakashamisika uye vakashatirwa kuziva kuti zvisingabatsiri zvemuno zvinogona kutsiviwa nevanoita mari mumajeri, uye vakasvetuka kuita chiito, kuronga horo dzedhorobha uye. chiputiriso misangano yebhodhi rejeri kuchengetedza yakakosha nharaunda nharaunda.
"Handifunge kuti vanga vachitarisira kuita sarudzo iyi masikati machena," Hines akadaro. โZvinhu zvehurumende yekanzuru, vanhu havawanzo kuterera. Panowanzoita sevanhu vaviri pamisangano yekomisheni yedunhu. Handifunge kuti vaitarisira mhinduro yenharaunda yakadai - kana, sekudana kwavaiita, kukanganisa. "
Vanhu vakazadza misangano yekomisheni - vatungamiriri vezvitendero, vatungamiriri vasina purofiti, vaimbovharirwa - sezvo kuungana kwaiwanzoitwa kusina vanhu kwakashanduka kuita zviitiko chete. Hines anoti huroro hwaive humbowo hwekuti nharaunda yainzwa sei pamusoro peGeo Group, asi zvakare nemafambiro anoita zvisingabatsiri munharaunda iyi kwemakore. "Vakanga vaine mwero webasa waigona chete kubva kuvanhu vemunharaunda vane hanya chaizvo."
"Ini ndanga ndisingazive masangano emuno kare uye kuti akabudirira sei, asi ndaiziva Geo Group uye kuti ikambani yakaipa," Hines akadaro, achitsanangura kushushikana kwake pamusoro pemajeri ekuita purofiti kazhinji, uye chibvumirano chaGeo chekuvaka zvine nharo. nzvimbo dzinochengeterwa mhuri dzinobva kune dzimwe nyika kunyanya. "Ndinoziva kuti ndakagara kuLancaster hupenyu hwangu hwese uye handisi kuvada mudunhu mangu."
Kana vanhu vakawanda muLancaster. Kutariswa kwevazhinji pachibvumirano chakarongwa kwakashamisa makomishina ematunhu. Pakupedzisira, dunhu rakadzorwa nekuratidzwa kwekusavimba neGeo. Nepo matanho anotevera achiramba asina kujeka, iyo County rakarambwa Kuda kwekambani kutonga chirongwa chekupinda patsva pamusangano wedhorobha wakazara kutanga kwemwedzi uno. Ipo maHines nedzimwe nhengo dzenharaunda dzichiri kusundidzira dunhu kuti rirege vasina purofiti veko vachengetedze hurongwa hwekupindazve, varikupemberera kuramba kwaGeo.
"Makambani makuru aya anogara achiuya munharaunda medu, achitenga vanhu, obva akwanisa kukuvadza munhu wese pano," Hines akadaro. "Kwenguva yakareba chaizvo ndanga ndichiona izvi zvichiitika uye zvaingonzwa sechinhu chisingagoneke kurwisa, uye ndinonzwa ndakasimba kwazvo kuti ndive nemukana wekuve nevanhu vakakwana simba munharaunda medu kuti vakwanise kurwisa. .โ
Kuna Hines, kuhwina kwaGeo budiriro pachayo, asi yakatonyanya kusimba nekuti ndiyo imwe yebudiriro yekutanga yaanogona kunongedzera semurongi neLancaster Stands Up - chimwe chinhu chaanotarisira kuti chichakurudzira vanorwira nharaunda inogara ichidzimwa nevezvenhau uye mapoka enyika anofambira mberi. "Ini ndiri wehuzivi hwekuti chimwe chezvinhu zvakanakisa zvaunogona kuita pakuronga boka revanhu kuvapa kuravira kwesimba ravo."
Lancaster Stands Up yanga ichironga kuvaka simba kumaodzanyemba kwePennsylvania kwemakore maviri ikozvino. Veruzhinji vakaungana mushure mesarudzo yaDonald Trump munaNovember 2016, uye kubvira ipapo isa kumanikidza pavakuru vakuru vakasarudzwa mumativi ose ezvamatongerwe enyika munhamburiko yokuita kuti zvematongerwo enyika zviitwe chimwe chinhu chinoshanda kuvanhu munharaunda yavo.
โSarudzo iyoyo yaishoresa vanhu. Vanhu vazhinji vainzwa vasina simba rekutaura chero munharaunda yavo, uye vainzwa sekunge zvinhu zviri kufamba nenzira nekukurumidza izvo zvaipesana nehunhu hwedu, โakadaro Hines. "Kuita basa rekuyedza kuona kuti vanhu, venguva dzose, vanhu vanoshanda mazuva ese vane izwi, uye kuona kuti izvi zvinonyatsoitika nenzira chaiyo, kuona humbowo nekusimbisa kuti zvatanga tichiita ndizvo. kushanda, kunoshamisa chaizvo. "
Hines anotarisirawo kuti kukunda kunopesana nechibvumirano cheGeo kuchabatsira dzimwe nharaunda kutuka izvo zvinowanzonzwa sekunge zvisingakundike. "Ndinovimba tinogona kupa kurudziro kune mamwe mapoka ari kurwa uye anonzwa sekunge ari kupesana nehurongwa husingagoneke uye simba rinoshamisa, kuziva kuramba uripo. Hatisi kuzova nemajeri anoita purofiti zvachose,โ akadaro Hines. โTichahwina mutambo uyu asi hatisi kuzouhwina kana tikasaramba tichirwa.โ
Kana iri Geo? Hines anoti kurwa kwavo nevanoshandira mujeri vakazvimiririra kwakatanga vasati vanyanya kubuda munhau dzenhau dzenyika, asi anoda kuchengetedza chinangwa kumusana wavo. โZvino ndinovimba kuti vachawedzera kudhinda, uye kuti vadzingwe munharaunda dzakatenderedza nyika. Ndidzo dzingava hope dzacho.
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