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My cynical take is that the lack of accountability is exactly what makes software enabled bureaucracy so appealing. If this true, there is no incentive to chan
by frompdx 6y ago
My cynical take is that the lack of accountability is exactly what makes software enabled bureaucracy so appealing. If this true, there is no incentive to change.
- rbanffy 6y agoIt's a cost/benefit analysis. They'll be taken to court by a few inmates, have to pay them or settle out of court and bill the government for their stays. Since everything is a matter of money, what the company will do is what brings them the most profit after they paid their legal bills. It seems keeping inmates longer pays better than releasing them on time.
- spaetzleesser 6y agoThis is part of it. Otherwise it’s just way cheaper to run a faceless bureaucracy that sometimes throws people under the bus when a mistake has been made.