{"id":25236,"date":"2015-04-23T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=25236"},"modified":"2015-04-23T13:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:18:46","slug":"stygian-pits-and-child-forfeiture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/stygian-pits-and-child-forfeiture\/","title":{"rendered":"Stygian Pits and Child Forfeiture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"graf--p graf--first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cca-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"cca-prisoners\" width=\"421\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cca-prisoners-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cca-prisoners.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The eloquent Will Grigg\u00a0in an <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/peace-and-prosperity\/2015\/april\/23\/the-drug-war-and-the-prison-industrial-complex\/\">outstanding interview<\/a> with Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams, discussing his article\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" title=\"Protecting the Vicious, Punishing the Virtuous: Marijuana Prohibition and Idaho's Prison-Industrial Complex\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2015\/april\/21\/protecting-the-vicious-punishing-the-virtuous-marijuana-prohibition-and-idahos-prison-industrial-complex\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Protecting the Vicious, Punishing the Virtuous: Marijuana Prohibition and Idaho\u2019s Prison-Industrial Complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite coinages from the interview: Will referring to the\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/speakeasy\/corrections-corporation-america-loses-four-prison-contracts-month\" rel=\"nofollow\">CCA-run<\/a>\u00a0Idaho State Correctional Center as a \u201cStygian pit of abuse and despair\u201d and Ron referring to\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kansas-mom-loses-custody-of-son-11-after-he-gives-marijuana-speech\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CPS\u2019s abduction<\/a>\u00a0of marijuana activist Shona Banda\u2019s son as \u201cChild Forfeiture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Drug War and the Prison-Industrial Complex\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IIoMJd2Vdfk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to read Will Grigg&#8217;s outstanding essays\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freedominourtime.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/freedominourtime.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eloquent Will Grigg\u00a0in an outstanding interview with Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams, discussing his article\u00a0Protecting the Vicious, Punishing the Virtuous: Marijuana Prohibition and Idaho\u2019s Prison-Industrial Complex. 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