Prisons for profit
Here's a salutory tale for New Zealand: Two US judges have been convicted of taking kickbacks to send kids to private detention centres.
In what authorities are calling the biggest legal scandal in state history, the two judges pleaded guilty to tax evasion and wire fraud in a scheme that involved sending thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in exchange for $2.6 million in kickbacks.That's just you common corruption of course. A much bigger issue is the "prison-industrial complex" that has grown around private prisons, big companies, political donations and pressure for longer - and more profitable - sentences.
posted by Rob O'Neill at 9:55 PM
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