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mnhtnbb

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2. Was he sent to a for profit prison?

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2014, 11:38 AM

Aug 2014

The article doesn't say, but one wonders whether the judge is on a kick back scheme
to keep the local for profit prisons full.

This makes no sense unless somebody is making money off the imprisonment.

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