#owellian

[twitterexile]

You need to know about these laws - some of the most chilling ones yet. You don’t have to have done anything wrong and ASIO will be able to question you for 24 hours. You can be strip searched and put in restraints. If you don’t answer the questions you can go to jail. If you tell anyone they questioned you, you can go to jail.

[grbconnect-blog]

Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to develop and manage new correctional and detention facilities. ... The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws. For instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them.

Corrections Corporation of America, 2005 Annual Report