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The ACLU filed a lawsuit on Friday arguing that the Bureau of Prisons is flouting the law by detaining prisoners deemed to be at low risk of committing crimes again beyond their calculated release dates.

nyti.msU.S. Prisons Flout Law by Keeping Inmates Past Release Date, A.C.L.U. SaysTens of thousands of prisoners deemed to be at low risk of committing crimes again have languished in lockup for as long as a year after they reached their release date under the First Step Act.

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Since they profit on head counts we should de-incentivize them with compounding fines per day. This shit should be illegal and come with charges, financial penalties that go directly to the victims, and jail time for repeat offenders

Seems like one of those things you're supposed to help us prevent, doesn't it, New York Times? I just can't help but wonder if it's partly because of the decades you've spent peddling a tough-on-crime narrative and deriding prison reformers as loons.

No more“for profit prisons. States want people in jails/prisons. THEY PAY TO KEEP THEM THERE. No Third party vendor’s, no $5 15 minute calls or $1 emails. It’s extortion. If you serve your time, you’ve paid your debt to society, your record shouldn’t follow you around.

"flouting the law"? Really, to me this sounds more like "with criminal energy". Which obviously means the people responsible should be immediately arrested and put in front of a court.

Detaining, translation: Not allowing them parole, even if they have exemplary behavior. While on continued detention, they are 'rented out' to farms, road repair groups, and even restaurants... In the old days, it was called slavery. CALL it what it is, NYT.