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Indeed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

• nilsherzig 3y ago
  Oh, that's incredibly sad :( and to think that there are probably other similar cases still going on is horrifying Btw, looks like the USA is already locking up a lot more people than we (Germany) are (1,23 × 1000000) / (330 × 1000000) ≈ 0,003727272727 (65 × 1000) / (83 × 1000000) ≈ 0,0007831325301 So about 4,7 Times as many people. Seems excessive
• fzeroracer 3y ago
  It's pretty sad when you really think about it and exposes how racist our prison system tends to be. You've got a white judge sent to a bougie prison despite having ruined the lives of thousands of kids. Then you have a mixture of black and poor people sent to prison for shoplifting or getting caught with weed being forced into chain gangs and dangerous labor for pennies.