QotD 6/18/2013

Gene Perry // June 18, 2013 // Updated: June 18, 2013
Quote of the Day

You know, just because it is legal doesn’t make it ethically and morally right for shareholders to make a profit off of incarceration of our fellow citizens. I guess with my Christian upbringing, there has always been a conflict with that.

-Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones, who has run afoul of policymakers who want to put more state inmates in private prisons. Jones announced his resignation yesterday (Source: http://bit.ly/14HGGtS).

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Gene Perry // media@okpolicy.org

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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