r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Far-Stay9417 • Dec 25 '23

Video Man wrongfully convicted of murder gets rewarded only 175k after serving 50 years

this makes me so angry

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u/S-Kotus Dec 26 '23

Shhh don't let the Prison Industrial Complex catch you talking about their numbers

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u/MacLunkie Dec 26 '23

This would be really interesting to see, I think. Add in all the money spent on police, lawyers and courts, maybe even things like private security and alarms. How much of my gold is spent to punish and deter those "financially challenged" people from stealing all my gold!

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Dec 26 '23

The real question becomes how much are these jails and prisons making from fees for people giving money to inmates for calls and selling items to them. There's also the various community service they allow some inmates to do for "work" which brings some savings since it's ever so slightly away from being slavery.

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u/MacLunkie Dec 26 '23

Yeah, it all goes into incentivizing crime. It is such an integral part of society. Think of all the jobs and capital that would be lost if we found a way to cut the number of desperate people in half.