Garibaldee@lemm.ee to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days agoUS: New Jersey Indiscriminately Prosecutes Children as Adultswww.hrw.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
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minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoBecause it increases the likelihood they’ll be incarcerated again later in life, increasing prison profits.
minus-squareWatDabney@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoMm… that makes sense. I knew there had to be something there, and specifically related to the prison-for-profit system and the kickbacks they pay judges, but I couldn’t figure out an angle that made it especially advantageous to imprison kids. And yeah - that does fit.
Because it increases the likelihood they’ll be incarcerated again later in life, increasing prison profits.
Mm… that makes sense.
I knew there had to be something there, and specifically related to the prison-for-profit system and the kickbacks they pay judges, but I couldn’t figure out an angle that made it especially advantageous to imprison kids.
And yeah - that does fit.