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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by anigbrowl on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:41PM (#31784063)
Consider how the market for law enforcement might differ if prosecution was contractual rather than salaried.
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by nickff on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:39PM (#31784714)
Large numbers of prosecutions are carried out by contracted lawyers in many countries.
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by anigbrowl on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:33PM (#31785836)
I said 'differ', not 'wouldn't exist'.
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by nickff on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:55PM (#31785989)
Yes, I agree, it is 'different'. You phrased it as a hypothetical, and I am telling you that many examples exist.
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by anigbrowl on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:13PM (#31786456)
The OP is specifically about the USA, and that's the context in which my suggestion was offered.
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