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How is this not sanctioned slavery?
Posted: Jun 4, 2012
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/inde...ould_allo.html
Charging people for their own imprisonment and connecting their parole to their ability to repay the debt just sends chills up my spine. Won't this encourage more laws and more people being sent to prison? If you remove the public financial burden of imprisoning people then you are removing a main motivation to prevent crime. You are creating debt slaves.
certainly sounds problematic - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Came back to edit:
I didn't understand this sentence at first: "If you remove the public financial burden of imprisoning people then you are removing a main motivation to prevent crime." I got over my misreading, and I get it now. Very important point.
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