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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 month ago (3 children)

Profit should not be made on imprisonment.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago

Seriously.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is America.

Nothing but pure unadulterated Freedumb™️

Tap for spoiler*for corporations

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Brought to you by Brando, it's what detainees crave.

[–] Flickerby@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Needing to buy things while you are being detained is completely fucked

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I genuinely cannot believe it to be true.

someone is arrested, and he is forced to pay to eat? I'm assuming the food is overpriced and shit quality.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Private prisons... you get slaves that are forced to pay you for the privilege.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

you are correct

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Sue Access Corrections right out of business.

If Americans must live in a dystopian world where a financial private middleman company determines whether some people get to eat or not, then that company and its investors should be personally liable when an issue or mistake on their end causes undue harm.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buy? They're being detained, wtf?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

welcome to the american prison system

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The "for profit" American prison system! You may remember it by its original name "slavery"!

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

only reason we don't call it that is because we invented a new, worse, more horrifying version of slavery than anyone else had thought of, and now we call only that slavery. if something isn't identical to chattel slavery we won't realize it's slavery

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

TIL that the US makes their prisoners pay for their food. I mean, obviously.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's just extra food in case you cant survive off the 800 calories of dog food they serve you for free daily.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

land of the free, why would should innocent be free or be given free food