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Trigger warning- US dystopia.
Further adding to the neoliberal nightmare, I submit the US’ “pay for your stay” prison system, where prisoners are charged an average of $249/day for the pleasure of being kept in small cages and under-socialised for years. I had to google it and yep, it’s actually a thing in every US state.
https://apnews.com/article/crime-prisons-lawsuits-connecticut-074a8f643766e155df58d2c8fbc7214c
From this useful Reddit thread, I’ve surmised that there’s 2 systems at work: 1) the secret, parallel luxury prisons where the rich and powerful can legally bribe their way into better conditions than the great unwashed; and 2) some states actively recover prison stay costs from prisoners, like Florida who goes after people who win a civil lawsuit against the state, say for being beaten into lifetime disability by a prison guard or being unjustly incarcerated.
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/wz3n94/at_249_per_day_prison_stays_leave_exinmates_deep/