[l33t7332273]

But the people who profit are not the people who are able to falsely imprison people.

[magic123_]

Except when judges get kickbacks from prisons for sending them prisoners.

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

[teh64]

Incorrect, they get kickbacks: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118108084/michael-conahan-ma...

[l33t7332273]

I 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]

There are non-illegal side channels, like "tough on crime" judges getting political donations from deep-pocketed interested parties.