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From the article: [The Brothers Home, a mountainside institution] got government subsidies based on its number of inmates, so it pushed police to ro
by ddt_Osprey 10y ago
From the article:
[The Brothers Home, a mountainside
institution] got government subsidies
based on its number of inmates, so it
pushed police to round up more vagrants,
the early probe found. And police officers
were often promoted depending on how many
vagrants they picked up.
Oh, so, kind of like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
Right?
- jessaustin 10y agoIMHO "cash for kids" was small potatoes compared to the Drug War. The prison-industrial complex has to eat, and it only eats two things: money and human lives. One would expect this behavior, to some extent, anywhere there are prisons.
- solotronics 10y agowe have the EFF for digital rights, is there something similar fighting on the side of individuals in the drug war? NORML I guess..
- jessaustin 10y agoPerhaps the best comparison is LEAP [0], although given the fact that most prominent members got their pension before joining I'd understand if someone were a bit suspicious. Actually I'm suspicious of non-profits in general. Non-profits have much more often created rather than ended awful laws. I appreciate those who advocate in principled fashion without hiring lawyers, accountants, and marketers. [0] http://www.leap.cc/ http://www.leap.cc/
- hackuser 10y agoThe ACLU.
- hirsin 10y agoMore like the Colombian False Positives, where the government gave US funds to the army based on how many kills they got. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22False_positives%22_scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22False_positives%22_scanda...