Private probation companies are a blight on U.S. justice

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...The 55-year-old Mann wasn’t always so carefree. Trouble began in 2006 when the police stopped him for a broken taillight and ticketed him for not having a valid driver’s license. When Mann couldn’t afford to pay the fine, he was told he was on probation.

“They put me on probation for 300 and some dollars,” he said.

Mann was told to report to the small non-descript Childersburg offices of Judicial Corrections Services (JCS), a for-profit company that has probation contracts with more than 100 courts across Alabama. In the areas where it operates, JCS manages the probation of offenders who are unable to pay a ticket in full, collecting the court fine plus a monthly supervision fee...

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/8/12/alabama-private-probation.html

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I fail to see how there is any savings to the taxpayer in these enforcements. The state governments are abrogating their responsibility in enforcing justice to private interests.

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1. government officials of both parties are prostituting themselves to for-profit entities. One would

think they'd be ashamed to do so, but follow the $$. when these officials are out of office they will have a gravy train to sponge off of