gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year 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-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1204arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·1 year 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?
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?