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Glad to see this article regarding commercial bail bonding and more importantly the efforts in Wisconsin to reintroduce that practice there - by ALEC and the ABC through Vos and Walker. Thankfully as you noted, Wisconsin rolled back much of the TIS laws over the years...only to see an ALEC Alum take over the reins of that state and put them back in place. This clearly demonstrates the concerns and interests of the Wisconsin citizens were placed on the back seat to ALEC and their corporate interests through Walker.

Criminal Justice laws are what helped incarcerate that 2.4 million Americans since ALEC began introducing their "Model Legislation" in 1980 to both incarcerate and privatize prisons for the benefit of their corporate members. Much of their CJ "Acts" revolve around implementing tough minimum mandatory laws used to incarcerate more and the TIS and abolishing of state and federal parole to keep prisoners longer. They have been so successful that it led to the expansion through their Immigration legislation in 2009-10, developed to fill more beds and increase profits off the backs of those who come here to work and seek a better life.

Kudos to The Nation and Center for Media and Democracy for helping shine the light on this nefarious and anti-democratic cabal. Hopefully that light will drive them from our sight and political arenas posthaste.