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submitted 8 months ago by tree@lemmy.ml to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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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[-] zout@fedia.io 34 points 8 months ago

Looks to me like you're a republican trying to blame democrats.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No point in fighting over it. Both major parties have contributed to the profit prison system, and Biden undeniably did by championing the regressive 94 Crime Bill.

[-] YottaDren@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Yes, but seeing as they make so many mistakes, it's important to hold them to things they actually did. Not just make up stuff.

[-] zout@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

I wasn't fighting over it, I was just name calling. You know, saying it like it is.

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