The prison-industrial complex is so out of control that private prisons have the sheer audacity to order states to keep beds full or face their wrath with stiff financial penalties, according to reports. Private prisons in some states have language in their contracts that state if they fall below a certain percentage of capacity that the states must pay the private prisons millions of dollars, lest they face a lawsuit for millions more.
And guess what? The private prisons, which are holding cash-starved states hostage, are getting away with it, says advocacy group, In the Public Interest.
In the Public Interest has reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments across the country, and found language mentioning “quotas” for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those contracts reviewed. Those quotas can range from a mandatory occupancy of, for example, 70 percent occupancy in California to up to 100 percent in some prisons in Arizona.
The prison-industrial complex is so out of control that private prisons have the sheer audacity to order states to keep beds full or face their wrath with stiff financial penalties, according to reports. Private prisons in some states have language in their contracts that state if they fall below a certain percentage of capacity that the states must pay the private prisons millions of dollars, lest they face a lawsuit for millions more.
And guess what? The private prisons, which are holding cash-starved states hostage, are getting away with it, says advocacy group, In the Public Interest.
In the Public Interest has reviewed more than 60 contracts between private prison companies and state and local governments across the country, and found language mentioning “quotas” for prisoners in nearly two-thirds of those contracts reviewed. Those quotas can range from a mandatory occupancy of, for example, 70 percent occupancy in California to up to 100 percent in some prisons in Arizona.
Above you’ll see some super A+ responses to the Aquaman promotional image being released and I could write up a whole thing about how these people are gross and wrong but I just want to reiterate what Jason has been expressing so far
"I’ve had to bust ass to be in this industry. A lot of things are very black and white,” he says. “Aquaman is especially cool because being a Kanaka Maoli—being Hawaiian—our Gods are Kanaloa and Maui, and the Earth is 71 percent water, so I get to represent that. And I’m someone who gets to represent all the islanders, not some blond-haired superhero. It’s cool that there’s a brown-skinned superhero."
"I did go to school for Marine Biology, but the cool thing is… the greatest thing for me is that Polynesians, our gods, Kahoali, Maui, all these water gods, so it’s really cool and a honor to be playing a [water] character. And there’s not too many brown superheroes, so I’m really looking forward to representing the Polynesians, the natives.My family are some of the greatest water men on earth. I’m not, but I’m going to go train with them. But it’s really an honor just being a Polynesian. And water is the most important thing in this world and we all know it. It’s cool be a part of DC’s universe."
Hopefully people will realize and understand that this film is more than just another superhero movie, it’ll be the first solo superhero film featuring a Pacific Islander actor. The second one will follow soon after with Dwayne Johnson playing Black Adam in Shazam!
Even past that though, Pacific Islander actors have been integral to so many fantasy and science fiction movies, often playing intimidating bouncers, savage creatures (many of the Uruk Hai/Orcs in Lord of the Rings were Maori & Pasifika extras) and most of the time being under an excruciating amount of prosthetics or cgi.
A prime example would be Temuera Morrison who has been steadily working in Hollywood and has portrayed Jango Fett in Star Wars and Abin Sur in Green Lantern but he’s not a household name (unless you live in a Pasifika household) like many of his co-stars in these particular films are.
Then there’s Manu Bennett who was Azog in The Hobbit and is also a prominent character, playing Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke, on the CW’s Arrow, he himself recognizing and discussing the struggles an actor of color has and how representation is incredibly important.
Point is is that as a Pasifika person it’s a very awesome and uplifting thing to have this amount of attention on a Pasifika actor being very open about his identity and incorporating that into his work. I’m all for this Aquaman reboot with a Pasifika lead, I’m all for supporting my own people’s representation before caring about whether or not the lead has blonde hair or blue eyes, and I’m all for recognizing that we’ve been here all along, even when most people don’t notice us.
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