A Boring Dystopia

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TIL you can pay $100 per night for Premium Jail with more comfortable conditions (www.latimes.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Bacano to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

But what started out as an antidote to overcrowding has evolved into a two-tiered justice system that allows people convicted of serious crimes to buy their way into safer and more comfortable jail stays.

The most hilarious part is believing that this is not the system behaving exactly as expected.