Extraditions by Private Firm

The criminal conduct of Extradition Corp. of America, as described in Eric Harrison’s story (“Extradition: Is the Ride Too Rough?” Part I, Sept. 12), deserves appropriate punishment.

That women are molested and raped by state contractors who don’t even get a hand slap is a sign of corruption in the criminal justice system as well as a sadistic low in morality and public standards.

It is revolting that all of us are paying this company, helping them make millions off of other’s misfortune and malfeasance, while decent gents like the governor, attorney general and various high-profile police officials prate on and on about “getting tough on crime.”

They should cancel the Extradition Corp.’s contract and go after the officers and directors with criminal charges, as well as those guards who assaulted Marilyn Cantrell--that is if they are really serious and believe in equality and justice for all.

The Times should also name names and not let the corporate malefactors remain anonymous. These guys are getting away with crimes, and all of us are helping to make them rich.

Americans should still have rights, even in the criminal justice system--human rights and civil rights, both of which are obviously being violated in these mobile Devil’s Island vans, these wheeled hulks that are transporting men and women and treating them worse than livestock.

It’s all part of today’s “one-dollar-one vote” America, where money and politics override principle and decency every time.

The situation needs immediate attention from law enforcement officials who are responsible for this diabolical contract.

PATRICK F. FLYNN

Yorba Linda