About to head to Western Mass for some time with the chosen fam. I’ve been promised cupcake-baking, Thomas the Train videos, and diaper duty.
In honor of my jury duty stint (which ended unceremoniously yesterday by getting excused early), I bring to those of you who haven’t yet heard of it, the “Kids for Cash” case — PA judges found guilty of accepting bribes from private youth detention centers for sending ‘em kids with minor violations. Amy Goodman did a show on it, obvs, and you can watch the video or read the transcript at Democracy Now.
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When I blogged this story a couple of weeks ago when the NY
Times ran a story on it, I said that it was made possible because two conservative ideas had been put into policy: getting “tough” on crime, including juvenile crime; and the privatization of government functions, including corrections.
Yes, that makes sense. It’s like the devil spawn of two bad ideas.
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