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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by blattimwind on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:43PM (#16632990)
> I've been to at least 10 different county jails and to Florida State Prison twice

How exactly did you manage that?

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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by allannienhuis on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:57PM (#16633108)
Among other possibilities, they might work in the criminal justice system. I guess it's possible they might have been incarcerated in all of those places, but that doesn't seem as likely to me :)
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by rys on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:01PM (#16633131)
It says right there in the post that they've been locked up.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by allannienhuis on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:27AM (#16638875)
you're right - I missed that in the middle of the comment.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by portofcall on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:07PM (#16633185)
That level of recidivism is most commonly associated with drug offenses, either as a user or a dealer, or both.

Edit I’m not judging them, just pointing out the most likely cause of being incarcerated so frequently in the USA.

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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by grogenaut on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:53PM (#16633070)
Simple Guess: Laywer, LEO?
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