Ah, the private sector. Such wonders in the name of fucking capitalism!
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/oklahom...e-to-jail/
The system is rotten to the core.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/oklahom...e-to-jail/
Quote:Oklahoma collections firm is making sheriffs rich by sending poor people to jail
Quote:An Oklahoma court fees collection agency is jacking up debtors’ fees by an additional 30 percent, then working in concert with law enforcement to jail people who can’t pay.
According to The Daily Beast, every sheriff’s department in the state is affiliated with collection agency Aberdeen Enterprizes [sic] II and sheriffs are getting rich by jailing the poor, creating a situation that amounts to a “modern day debtors prison.”
Ira Wilkins is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association, which The Daily Beast’s Kelly Weil said netted more than $800,000 in 2015 from Aberdeen Enterprizes II.
The system is rotten to the core.