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.
I’ve already accepted there’s never gonna be justice for me, so I’m just never gonna have kids. The best thing I can do for my kids is not make them have to live here. I’ve seen the system from the inside and the bottom and expect that voting works the same as this:
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And how is it that you get that impression? Someone told you a story and you believed it yeah?
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What have YOU seen? You certainly don’t know what I’ve seen, so let’s tell each other stories.
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You just gonna make up something stupid and decide that’s what I’m about so you can sling shit? Go fuck yourself.
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