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Jerry442

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5. There was a judge who was actually getting paid under the table...

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 10:02 AM

Dec 2013

...to sentence kids to time in a local private facility. Sorry, I don't recall the particulars of the case. Maybe someone here does.

It amazes me that people have a hard time understanding that massive incentives for perverse behavior lead to perverse behavior.

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Chris Hedges: Food Behind Bars Isn’t Fit for Your Dog [View all] marmar Dec 2013 OP

how many people are sitting in jails due to privatization? 1 is too many. spanone Dec 2013 #1

There was a judge who was actually getting paid under the table... Jerry442 Dec 2013 #5

"Kids for Cash" happened in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, which is in northeast PA. Ednahilda Dec 2013 #9

TY :) nt Jerry442 Dec 2013 #10

PA family court judge, if i recall, who just happened to be a shareholder in that facility. niyad Dec 2013 #16

Ha! This is no shocker. Prison is an overpriced hotel you cannot leave and commissary zonkers Dec 2013 #13

The food Aramark provides to corporate cafeterias is substandard, too. randome Dec 2013 #2

I guess that excuses it Aerows Dec 2013 #12

Doesn't excuse it at all, I just think Aramark is bottom-of-the-barrel all around. randome Dec 2013 #18

I think just about Aerows Dec 2013 #25

the people in corporate have a number of options available to them. niyad Dec 2013 #19

Good then that settles it. End these contracts and return our judicial system to the government. sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #20

I know. Rehabilitation isn't helped by 'punishment' food. The world isn't Sheriff Arpaio's fiefdom. randome Dec 2013 #24

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #3

Many years ago my dad ran prison kitchens for a living. LeftyMom Dec 2013 #4

All this privatizing that has become so fashionable JEB Dec 2013 #14

So true. yardwork Dec 2013 #21

K & R for the disgusting truth... mountain grammy Dec 2013 #6

Doesn't good 'ol sheriff Joe Arpaio brag about what he servers to prisoners? ryan_cats Dec 2013 #7

if i recall, he bragged about the "food" on t-day, something like 47 cents a person. niyad Dec 2013 #17

I think the estimates sorefeet Dec 2013 #8

2,2 million times 40.000 dollar is 88 billion, per year BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #11

Nelson Mandela quote, JEB Dec 2013 #15

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2013 #22

K&R for making prisons more humane. nt politichew Dec 2013 #23

The average cost per meal for inmates is in Diego_Native 2012 Dec 2013 #26