>https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-...
>https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin...
>https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons...
>https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame...
I agree that these are all examples of justice system employees abusing their positions, but the examples given are slightly short of the original claim of "delivering inmates and redirecting profits", which implies some sort of concerted effort to send more people to jail for the purpose of enriching oneself. That's present in the cash 4 kids scandal, but really present when a corrections employee is mistreating prisoners. I certainly don't think the people
That problem is endemic, and occurs everywhere, and is also individuals enriching themselves, just a bit more indirect.
But these individuals that DO abuse the system for personal enrichment, they are the worst of all.
But yeah, this sort of thing is widespread.
https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/final-defendants-includin...
https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/23/the-scandal-of-u-s-prisons...
https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/prison-ame...
But all of the above is employees violating the law. Worse is the justice system itself abusing the law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder (the state has a duty to prosecute. This is NOT what lawmakers mean by that, yet nobody ever sees any consequences). More general this is an example of: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2022_jail_churn.html