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A Boring Dystopia

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Across the United States, hundreds of jails have eliminated in-person family visits over the last decade. Why has this happened? The answer highlights a profound flaw in how decisions too often get made in our legal system: for-profit jail telecom companies realized that they could earn more profit from phone and video calls if jails eliminated free in-person visits for families. So the companies offered sheriffs and county jails across the country a deal: if you eliminate family visits, we'll give you a cut of the increased profits from the larger number of calls. This led to a wave across the country, as local jails sought to supplement their budgets with hundreds of millions of dollars in cash from some of the poorest families in our society.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Wow, so when they enjoyed unlimited power, they.... Abused it!?

People now a days are really off the rails man. Back in the day, absolute power didn't corrupt. It only tickled. Slightly.

/s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

back in the day? you mean the stone ages?

there is not a day in written history where we can't read about a person corrupted by power

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Very true, shneancy. It was a sarcastic reaction, it seemed so obvious te me but the internet is ofc very versatile and casts a wide net.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

John brown might disagree.

Could use more in the abolition movement like him.