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The article doesn't mention if they did any research in this case but it is also quite common for judges to receive kickbacks from for-profits to get them inmat
by smorgusofborg 5y ago
The article doesn't mention if they did any research in this case but it is also quite common for judges to receive kickbacks from for-profits to get them inmates.
A judge assigning a non-user to a rehab could be the result of that kind of conflict of interest.
- scns 5y agoTwo american judges went to prison for sending hundreds of minors to private, for profit detention facilities and receiving kickbacks. They made over 100k doing it. Don't have a link at hand, but since i read this on HN, someone else might supply it. Sorry, too lazy to google it for you, on mobile and realizing i'm procrastinating on important stuff. (edit) Someone supplied a link elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28288252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28288252