http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11680314

At the consumer end there is no monopoly. There are thousands upon thousands of lawyers and firms you could hire to represent you. The market will still factor into and motivate lawyers to do a good job.

Yes, some people would of coruse be capable of recognizing a good lawyer or good doctor without having to be assured that the person a)graduated law school b)passed an exam c) has never cheated or ratted out their clients or has otherwise behaved improperly. But many people can’t.

I think you also have to look at who these bodies keep out and who they let in. When they become too onerous, too expensive or they exist to favor certain schools or industries then it’s a problem. To become a licensed lawyer, you basically have to go to an accredited law school, pass a usually pretty easy exam and not have screwed somebody over at some point. There would be a ton of quacks if anyone could become a legal counselor just because they got arrested once, or argued their way out of a parking ticket. I could tell you anecdotes for days.

Great link on prison profiteering! I was struck also by the ’1 in 32′ stat. Pretty mind-blowing!

We have just signed a legal team to start our fight- I’m hoping we can make someone limp, but we’re probably more like a defective pinto to Ford…

I’ll be digging through the links you provided- thanks, again.

Went to your link on your #9 post, then went to the CMS website.

The website gleefully states:

“The future of correctional healthcare:
The number of prisoners in the United States has never been higher – 1 in 32 Americans is behind bars. The growing inmate population has resulted in incredible growth for the correctional healthcare industry as well as the increased privatization of correctional healthcare.”

http://www.cmsstl.com/about-us/evolution-correctional-healthcare.asp

But now, it’s not just the police, it’s the prosecutor’s motives as well, that NEED to be questioned but how can that be done?

Interesting website:

http://truthinjustice.org/p-pmisconduct.htm

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=867

As the DA is usually the highest level of law enforcement in a county, (a job that should require 100% honesty to bolster public trust) I think they should be held to the highest possible standards. One tiny lie, withhold ANY evidence, ignore ANY court order, they should disbarred for life, publicly flogged, tarred and feathered, then run out of town on a rail. (ooops, we wouldn’t have any prosecutors left then so guess I better come up with another plan.)

Of COURSE they’re trying to limit the consequences they could suffer for being scumbags. They’re lawyers for Gods sake. Not sure what it is they do to them in law school but they sure come out of there with some messed up morals. (the whole herd of them!)

I’m not familiar with either of those groups- do you have any links or reference points?

Heh heh heh….thanks for the chuckle. 2 years. They sure are generous with themselves. If we ever have a revolution…the lawyers and lawyer/politicians HAVE to be the first to go………just sayin’….

*Disclaimer for prevention of SWAT team kicking in my door, shooting my dog, then conspiring with some prosecutor to send me up for life for treasonous statements: ZappaCrappa does NOT support a revolution….at this time.

Out of curiosity, have any of your investigations lead you to CCA and The Geo Group?

‘It’s horrific and unconscionable,’ indeed.

Of course, I’m not shocked, that the response from other prosecutors is to shut this whole accountability thing down.

FYI…I sent an email to Patrick Frey, an LA ADA, who runs the “patterico.com” website, requesting his coverage of this topic. Say what you will, but aside from the occasional “stepping off the reservation,(you too at times Radley. Hell, me too, for that matter and I don’t blog!)” Patterico and his crew are generally fair minded and thought provoking bloggers. I am thankful for the dust-ups between him and Radley which introduced me to his site.

I cc’d you on the request Mr. B…

best,

-bear

I too, have read atrocious prison healthcare stories. The ACLU
conducted an investigation on a Nevada prison, that literally let a diabetic prisoner’s limbs rot, which of course, killed him. Very slowly.

I do not care what this prisoner did and the investigation didn’t say, presumably, to make the dead prisoner more sympathetic.

It’s horrific and unconscionable.

“All pigs are equal. But some pigs are more equal than others”.

That’s the answer, right? Now maybe I can get that cushy gub’ment job.