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[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There it is, you don't make a grandstand announcement unless you want to misdirect. Largest pardon ever, just don't look to close.

If you think it's not that bad, read about a lawsuit against a for-profit Youth Correctional Facility near Jackson, Mississippi.

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2012/05/03/investigation-lawsuit-expose-barbaric-conditions-profit-youth-prison-mississippi

[-] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 weeks ago

I grew up in MS and was detained in county juvenile facilities multiple times. It's awful.

The place mentioned in that article was one of the places they'd threaten you with, and the rumors about what happened to kids there were terrifying. Thank God I never went to one, the county ones were bad enough. That's where I found out I didn't actually have any rights.

Can't believe he pardoned a judge profiteering off of that shitshow.

Mississippi is corrupt af

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago

Judge was from Flordia, just for clarification. However, these facilities and jails are broken. They need massive reform and oversight.

[-] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah thanks for clarifying, I got mixed up.

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