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by kortilla 1396 days ago
> It is 100% the reason that the US has so many incarcerated. Any time you can get government to foot the bill for something cottage industries will spring up around it.

That doesn’t make sense. Building a prison in itself doesn’t induce crime nor does it induce prison sentences. Judges and juries have no quotas to fill based on vacancy.

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I don't think you realize how corrupt the whole thing is.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-ma...