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John Oliver Features Tom Gores' Company

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John Oliver Features Tom Gores' Company 

Post#1 » by ElectricMayhem » Mon Aug 5, 2019 3:21 pm


(prison labor is first half. prison phones starts around 11:17)


I think everyone already knows Tom Gores is in the prison phone game. There have been numerous articles written about price-gouging, illegal kickbacks to the prison operators, having prisons reject visitors so they can increase business, etc.

Honestly, it's nice to see his company featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I only wish they had connected it to Gores. He has plenty of goofy pictures John Oliver could have mocked.

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Tom Gores' Securus faced a class action lawsuit in 2024. The company engaged in a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with county jails in Michigan which banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls.
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Re: John Oliver Features Tom Gores' Company 

Post#2 » by DBC10 » Mon Aug 5, 2019 4:21 pm

Holy price gouge Batman.

Really wish Oliver put a face to Securus since that's how you gain any traction to supposed bad business practices. Any one of his (Gores) coked up faces would've done the trick I think.

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