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This scandal was widespread. A LOT of people could have put a stop to it, and all but 2 were government officials. A LOT of people were warned this was happenin

This scandal was widespread. A LOT of people could have put a stop to it, and all but 2 were government officials. A LOT of people were warned this was happening, and sometimes went so far as to abuse it (ie. schools would threaten kids). The district attorney apologized regularly to victims. But yeah, this sort of thing is widespread. https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-united-states-government-e68aaf2e4ead5c9bfb0659db46275405 https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-... https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-including-former-correctional-officer-sentenced-prison-corruption-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin... https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons/ https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons... https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-america-corruption-usa-news-latest-world-news-today-43504/ https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame... But all of the above is employees violating the law. Worse is the justice system itself abusing the law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder (the state has a duty to prosecute. This is NOT what lawmakers mean by that, yet nobody ever sees any consequences). More general this is an example of: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2022_jail_churn.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2022_jail_churn.html

gruez 4y ago
>But yeah, this sort of thing is widespread. >https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice- https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-... >https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin... >https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons... >https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame... I agree that these are all examples of justice system employees abusing their positions, but the examples given are slightly short of the original claim of "delivering inmates and redirecting profits", which implies some sort of concerted effort to send more people to jail for the purpose of enriching oneself. That's present in the cash 4 kids scandal, but really present when a corrections employee is mistreating prisoners. I certainly don't think the people
- candiodari 4y ago
  No I agree the problem is MUCH more the state sending people to prison for absurdly long terms without cause make the state, rather than any individual, a (usually tiny) amount of money without embarrassing politicians. That problem is endemic, and occurs everywhere, and is also individuals enriching themselves, just a bit more indirect. But these individuals that DO abuse the system for personal enrichment, they are the worst of all.

gruez 4y ago

>But yeah, this sort of thing is widespread. >https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice- https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-... >https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin... >https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons... >https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame... I agree that these are all examples of justice system employees abusing their positions, but the examples given are slightly short of the original claim of "delivering inmates and redirecting profits", which implies some sort of concerted effort to send more people to jail for the purpose of enriching oneself. That's present in the cash 4 kids scandal, but really present when a corrections employee is mistreating prisoners. I certainly don't think the people

candiodari 4y ago
No I agree the problem is MUCH more the state sending people to prison for absurdly long terms without cause make the state, rather than any individual, a (usually tiny) amount of money without embarrassing politicians. That problem is endemic, and occurs everywhere, and is also individuals enriching themselves, just a bit more indirect. But these individuals that DO abuse the system for personal enrichment, they are the worst of all.