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  2. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave states obligated to fill prison beds. The harsh conditions confronting youth inside YSI’s facilities, moreover, show the serious problems that can arise when government hands ...

  3. Former SC prison official accused of money laundering ... - AOL

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    She sold the phones and other electric gear to dozens of South Carolina prison inmates, a federal indictment said. Former SC prison official accused of money laundering, selling 100+ phones to inmates

  4. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Youth Services International confronted a potentially expensive situation. It was early 2004, only three months into the private prison company’s $9.5 million contract to run Thompson Academy, a juvenile prison in Florida, and already the facility had become a scene of documented violence and neglect.

  5. Pay-to-stay (imprisonment) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, pay-to-stay is the practice of charging prisoners for their accommodation in jails.The practice is controversial and can result in large debts being accumulated by prisoners who are then unable to repay the debt following their release, preventing them from successfully reintegrating in society once released.

  6. Peoria man sentenced to prison for defrauding banks, money ...

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    A Peoria man who pled guilty in March to defrauding several financial institutions over a nine-year period was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Oct. 24 in U.S. District Court.. Chad D. Campen ...

  7. Florida lawyer busted smuggling legal docs soaked in ‘K2 ...

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    Now he’s gonna need a good lawyer.. A Florida defense lawyer was busted for allegedly smuggling legal documents soaked in the wild synthetic marijuana known as K2 into jail so inmates could get ...

  8. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rate of U.S. imprisonment per 100,000 population of adult males by race and ethnicity in 2006. Jails and prisons. On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black non-Hispanic men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men of any race, and 0.7% of white non-Hispanic men. [1] In the United States, sentencing law varies by jurisdiction ...

  9. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language . [ 1 ] Many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, incarcerated life, legal cases, street life, and different types of inmates.