Your Kid Goes to Jail, You Get the Bill

[mimblexwimble]

In dozens of one-on-one meetings every week, a lawyer retained by the city of Philadelphia summons parents whose children have just been jailed, pulls out his calculator and hands them more bad news: a bill for their kids’ incarceration

Comments

[yamamanama]

Anyone have a map of private prisons?

[soleiltropiques]

Wow. I didn't know about this, so I really learned something from this, OP. Thanks for posting.

This is just gross.

[butterthetoast]

This is so awful... Thanks for sharing.