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joefred111 t1_iwnmw0h wrote

Hm, this really brings back memories of the Kids for Cash scandal in good old PA...I know a few people whose futures were ruined by corrupt judges and for-profit facilities. One of them was on my soccer team, and testified at the trial.

There are better ways to get kids on the right path.

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BrassBass t1_iwoaudj wrote

It was never about setting kids on the right path. That jail wouldn't be overcrowded if it were.

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omganesh t1_iwpvyrj wrote

Correct, it's about profiting off of childhood trauma and poverty cycles. It's itself an act of criminality on par with war crimes. If a foreign nation was caught doing this to our kids, we would declare war on them.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/LA.html

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Mythosaurus t1_iwsemmy wrote

If the US knew what the US was doing to US citizens, the US would invade the US and hold Nuremberg Trials for crimes against humanity.

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