gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoHundreds of counties around the USA have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profitswww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1337arrow-down1external-linkHundreds of counties around the USA have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profitswww.newyorker.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down1·6 months agoThe cruelty is the point, as ever. And you gotta keep up those recidivism rates, otherwise, who’s going to fill all the private prisons?
minus-squaresleenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoReally shows the impact of the for-profit movement. As long as they’re at the top, it’s all good to them.
The cruelty is the point, as ever. And you gotta keep up those recidivism rates, otherwise, who’s going to fill all the private prisons?
Really shows the impact of the for-profit movement. As long as they’re at the top, it’s all good to them.