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Private prisons create a perverse incentive to lock people up. Follow the money.
by dkdk8283 6y ago
Private prisons create a perverse incentive to lock people up. Follow the money.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agohttps://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/remember-we-re-not-just-making-money-we-re-building-prisons-new-yorker-cartoon_u-l-pgrpop9p3u2.jpg?p=0&dims=1 https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/remember-we-re-not... new yorker cartoon - remember, we're not just making money, we're building prisons.
- bcrosby95 6y agoFollow the money but it's not just private corporations. In California the prison guard union is one of the stronger lobbies and have pushed to pass some pretty bad bills over the decades.
- Clubber 6y agoHigh conviction numbers also allows an ambitious prosecutor to look good once they have aspirations for higher political office as well.