> Among the issues that plagued the project: McKinsey, which had never before advised a jail or prison system, made data errors that further undercut the result

> Among the issues that plagued the project: McKinsey, which had never before advised a jail or prison system, made data errors that further undercut the results it reported from Restart units. This makes no sense, right? Who would ever choose to spend this money. Even if you are as cynical as possible about the intelligence of NYC public servants, they would never choose to spend money in this way. Whenever I see something like this, I ask "where did the $27.5m go?" It didn't just enter a void called McKinsey; it was bonused out to people and given to subcontractors. And IME, whenever it makes no sense where public money went when judged through the lens of the good of the people, it ends up making a lot of sense when judged through the lens of paying off special interests and political allies.