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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by rahimnathwani on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:11PM (#34507502)
Right, and the operators of prisons have never been known to collude with judges.

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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by scrollaway on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:13PM (#34507544)
I don’t know of a single argument that can’t be dismantled with “right, and people have never been found to cheat the system?”…

Is judges colluding with prison operators a frequent and normal occurrence? The US prison system is bad, but to my knowledge these things are the exception.

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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by macNchz on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:20PM (#34507656)
It is certainly not unheard of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by rahimnathwani on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:20PM (#34507651)
It's not about people cheating the system. It's about predicting what will happen under a given system of incentives.
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by briffle on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:28PM (#34507780)
depends, are you looking at brazen bribery or collusion? or some 'free speech' activities like campaign contributions?
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Re:NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scann... by anigbrowl on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:05PM (#34508420)
Frequent not. But judicial deference to prosecutors is, and offering/acceptance of plea bargains with terrible terms is as well. And prosecutors bring bullshit cases all the time, for a variety of reasons. I have first hand experience of this as a (luckily, successful) defendant.
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