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Joe Rogan: “The fact that prison is an industry is also insane. The fact…”

Featuring: Joe Rogan, Libertarian-leaning, Socially Liberal | Host of The Joe Rogan Experience | National

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Absolutely. And in a lot of the environments where these prisons are located, there's no other jobs. No. That's the only industry. Yeah, that's the only industry. The fact that prison is an industry is also insane. The fact that privatized prisons are an industry. When I found out that prison guard unions lobby to keep drug laws on the books. Yeah. I remember that moment. The moment I found that, I was like, that is evil. (1:26:18–1:26:25)

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Asserts that the existence of privatized prisons as an industry is problematic.

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