Tim Murphy digs into the big business of the private prison industry over at Mother Jones.

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Like taking on the military budget, the drug companies, or the teachers unions, taking on the prison industry is a thankless job.

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For that, you get measures including ballistic grade doors capable to blocking bullets, hidden security cameras and a gas canister system originally designed for the prison industry, which drops temporarily debilitating blankets of chemicals.

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