i just can ' t understand why you turned down a 100 k job before getting a confirmation that you were accepted to the Computer Science program . Why didn ' t you take the job and put in your 2 weeks notice if you got accepted to OSU ? Really gambled there and lost . <| sep |> It goes far far beyond private prison lobby . Public prison are lobbying for the same exact thing . Every single industry that yields benefit from this lobby for it . It ' s alcohol lobbying to keep weed illegal so it doesn ' t cut into profits . It ' s the police unions . It ' s judges being paid to put children in jail . It ' s religious institutions , mothers against drunk driving , BIG PHARMA . There are hundreds of groups who directly or indirectly benefit from caging people or believe it is the right thing to do . The latter are a terrifying group incapable of critical thought . The former are soulless beings who are willing to spend money to PUT PEOPLE IN CAGES for their own financial gain . We have a system so backwards thinking it ' s too far gone to fix in my opinion . Prison should be intended to rehabilitate and prepare people who made poor choices to do a better job next time around . Currently the system works as a revolving door of recidivism and everyone who has ability to start fixing the problem is too greedy or too stupid to do anything . Once a generation or two die off , logic might creep into our system . But old people vote and they love it when politicians are tough on crime . regardless of the fact that it doesn ' t make sense in any way shape or form . Our current system is a disgrace .