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The inevitable result of a privatized prison system

This guy got $750k from NYC for having a 6-day boner in jail that went untreated, which was a known side effect of a drug he had been taking for 8 years prior to going to jail for violating parole (he had been previously released from his manslaughter sentence after killing a man over a sheepskin coat).

http://nypost.com/2015/07/06/a-6-day-erection-got-this-ex-con-750k/
 
Siblings sent to juvenile center for snubbing dad released

Gorcyca is sending the three siblings who refuse to meet with their estranged father to summer camp.

On June 24 the Michigan judge had ordered the three children to be held in juvenile detention until they are 18 years old, or until they attempt to have a relationship with their father.

The judge held a hearing last Friday and granted the motion to allow the children ages 15, 10 and 9, to attend summer camp.
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I'm so confused.

Edit: More info from Buzzfeed.

Siblings Sent To Juvenile Detention For Refusing To See Their Dad Have Now Been Sent To Summer Camp
 
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Interesting to read this while watching S3 of OITNB.
 
Judge Orders Release of Immigrant Children Detained by U.S.

Judge Gee also found that migrant children had been held in “widespread deplorable conditions” in Border Patrol stations after they were first caught, and she said the authorities had “wholly failed” to provide the “safe and sanitary” conditions required for children even in temporary cells.
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Initially, Homeland Security officials said they were detaining the families to send a message to others in Central America to deter them from coming to the United States illegally. In February, a federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled that strategy unconstitutional. Officials stopped invoking deterrence as a factor in deciding whether to release mothers and children as they seek asylum in the United States.
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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...are&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

A Pennsylvania judge was sentenced to 28 years in prison in connection to a bribery scandal that roiled the state's juvenile justice system. Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was convicted of taking $1 million in bribes from developers of juvenile detention centers. The judge then presided over cases that would send juveniles to those same centers. The case came to be known as "kids-for-cash."
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WFFaithful said:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/08/america-s-most-lucrative-preschooler-prison.html
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“The increase in revenue was primarily attributable to the operational ramp of our South Texas Family Residential Center, which generated approximately $65.9 million in revenue during the second quarter of 2015,” notes the quarterly report, as well as being due to new inmates in Arizona and Colorado.
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Family detention center. $65.9 million.

We really aren't in a position to comment on the refugee crisis in Europe.
 
The benignly-named South Texas Family Residential Center, also called Dilley, is a 2,400-bed immigrant detention center that serves as a temporary home—if that’s the appropriate word to use for a place you can’t leave—for mothers and young children.
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“The increase in revenue was primarily attributable to the operational ramp of our South Texas Family Residential Center, which generated approximately $65.9 million in revenue during the second quarter of 2015,”
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I'm missing something here. A 2,400 bed facility generated $65.9 million in revenue in 3 months? That's over $300 per bed per day in revenue.
 
That's operating costs not revenue though. It's as if the cash is going directly in their pockets instead of to take care of the families.
 
I'm assuming they told ICE that it would cost $296 per person per day, that way they can justify charging $300 per person per day. So $296 of the $300 would be spent taking care of the families.
 
And 3x the cost of housing inmates.
 
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