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Some ICE detainees unable to buy food after payment system goes down (www.independent.co.uk)

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ICE detainees rely on Access Corrections’ systems — which are experiencing outages — to get money for basic necessities while they’re imprisoned

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[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Profit should not be made on imprisonment.

[–] Flickerby@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Had a buddy who went to jail, they get paid 1.50 an hour if I recall correctly. It is quite literally slavery and it's why for profit prisons are such a big industry in the US.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I can second this person's comment, friend of mine spent time in jail and was paid shit for work. Treated themselves to "fancy" food once every 3 months which was really just like doctoring up microwave ramen at home with maybe some shit you find in a dumpster. It's a bullshit for-profit system run by profiteering gluttons. It's capitalism through and through.

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