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This is what corruption looks like, power for the wrong reasons. Jails will make a profit, and charge inmates for the burden of making a phone call (during a ti
by Buttons840 2y ago
This is what corruption looks like, power for the wrong reasons. Jails will make a profit, and charge inmates for the burden of making a phone call (during a time where literally every adult carries a device that can make infinite calls for no additional cost), but somehow preventing inmates from hurting each other is beyond their power.
- alphabettsy 2y ago> but somehow preventing inmates from hurting each other is beyond their power. For many Americans, this does not seem to be a bug rather than a feature. I regularly see comments joking about or often encouraging the physical or sexual assault of inmates.
- bananapub 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#United_States: > In 2018, 8.41% of prisoners in the United States were housed in private prisons > Jails will make a profit hard to imagine that's the biggest issue. it really does seem like a cultural issue where Americans don't have sympathy or empathy for "criminals".