JJ Stump wrote 
Modern day Slavery, really Oklahoma? How is it at all in any way, shape, or form legal for any person or persons who are any kind of ranking official or State politician from State Govenor, to Lawyers, lawmakers, Legislators all the way down to a baliff, anyone with any authority/power should not ever be allowed to own shares of Private Prisons or half way houses nor should it all ever be legal for these State Officials to accept any money at all so called donation or not from anyone Private prison or prison officials..4Real its basically like the Private prisons are paying their dues for the State Officials to ensure keeping all private prisons fully loaded. Funny did anyone else know it was legal to accept bribes now? Or Payoffs? Oklahoma and it's Outrageous Mandatory Minimums, Over-Sentencing, Ranked Highest in the Country for incarceration of Women, One of the top 3 States Ranking highest for incarceration of 1st Time Offenders,(But a 2-3 time felon w/ drug charges can skip prison and jump right into a drug program? How the hell does that make any sense at all? Oklahoma is dooming the future of its people,with its rediculous waste of time, money, energy, trying to Over Kill with the Drastically outrageous sentences for Marijuana charges; seriously it is becoming more and more legal everyday Oklahoma should be spending all the money wasted trying to fight it, times are changing we should definitely be redirecting all that energy and money into how the state will embrace these changes and manage the profit and production and policies to set forth and place into our state laws) Top actively serving recipients of private prison contributions....Research by a Journalist for Huffington Post Lists some of the many so called donations(payoffs) to our Government Affiliated Figures:

Gov. Mary Fallin $38,250

House Speaker T.W. Shannon $35,950*

Sen. Clark Jolley $29,301

Treasurer Ken Miller $17,500

Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb $14,500

Insurance Commissioner John Doak $12,250

Sen. Rob Johnson $11,250

Sen. Don Barrington $9,635

Sen. Dan Newberry $8,750

Rep. Todd Thomsen $8,400

*Includes $22,500 to Oklahoma Speaker's Ball, Inc.(Contributions 2004 through Sept. 30, 2013)Source: Tulsa World analysis of state campaign contribution data.


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