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Probation Profiteers
motherjones.com — In Georgia's outsourced justice system, a traffic ticket can land you deep in the hole. An article about Georgia's private probation companies and how they're generating big revenue from poor communities.
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- AlwaysAwake, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Government approved business, milking the poorest of the poor, to pay double the fine imposed by the law for traffic fines It's a heartless Beezness, and if you complain, the judge will give you some "time" to think about it as a guest in their cages. Calling it a "tax", he doesn't explain the $35 per month supervision "fee" goes into greedy private pockets, instead of to the government. Most brutal crime is called Business, and goes unpunished.
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