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But the people who profit are not the people who are able to falsely imprison people.
by l33t7332273 3y ago
But the people who profit are not the people who are able to falsely imprison people.
- teh64 3y agoIncorrect, they get kickbacks: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-mark-ciavarella-kids-for-cash https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-ma...
- l33t7332273 3y agoI think this is sort of the exception that proves the rule. The people profiting form prisons have direct incentives to increase prison populations , but the people who can actually falsely imprison people have, at best, illegal side channel incentives.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThere are non-illegal side channels, like "tough on crime" judges getting political donations from deep-pocketed interested parties.
- magic123_ 3y agoExcept when judges get kickbacks from prisons for sending them prisoners. https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-mark-ciavarella-kids-for-cash https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-ma...