Dem Ohio Treasurer Candidate: A For-Profit Prison System Is ‘Morally Reprehensible’

RUSH EXCERPT:

RICHARDSON: “First of all, thank for you allowing me to come on. When I look at a budget, it’s more than a set or a collection of numbers. It’s really a moral document for what you stand for. Just the premise of a for-profit prison system I just find to be morally reprehensible and I don’t think is a good return. The reason why the state of Ohio is unfortunately one of the top incarcerating states is we’re incentivizing locking people up. State of Ohio itself Spence about 1.8 billion a year incarcerating people. When you look at our pension system, working men and women are actually investing in something that’s taking away opportunities for their kids, you know, we invest all this money, I think it should be divested and I hope to work with treasurers all across the country who share this belief. My goal, if I would have been Kanye and sat down at that meeting, I would have asked President Trump would you he’s doubling down and helping for-profit prison lock up more people. Instead of having real criminal justice reform, I’m afraid it’s going to continually get worse unless we’re willing to address it at the state levels.”