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A comment on Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts. Parent comment

Re:Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts by dylangs1030 on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @02:25PM (#6285217)
Can you clarify this point? Do you mean from a monetary perspective, private interests, public prisons, etc?
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Re:Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts by enraged_camel on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @02:55PM (#6285392)
It is in the prison industry's best interest to have as many people in prison as possible. The longer a prisoner stays in prison, the more money the prison makes. If they get out of prison, commit a crime and are thrown back in, that's great from the prison's perspective.
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