The fact that private prisons are allowed to exist is a crime in and of itself

The really sad part is that this will probably declared to be an isolated case performed by a single evil individual, instead of admitting that the whole underlying system is flawed because it stimulates such behaviour.

I suggest sending him to the prison where most of the people are that he sent to prison btw.

I don't fully understand what he did. He was bribed to give out maximum sentences?

Bribery is the wrong word. Chances are nobody told him "Psst, what about a little secret deal? You send people to our prisons and for some strange reason, you'll find a black suitcase with money in it in your backyard every month."

As far as I understand, the whole underlying system is corrupt: Judges get money when they send people to jail, and the longer these people stay in jail, the more money the judge gets, and this practice is perfectly legal.

It's obvious that this will lead to a tendency of sending more people to prison for longer times, but this is the first judge who was so greedy that it just couldn't be denied that this was his motivation for usually giving maximum sentences.

This sorta thing was already exposed in capitalism:a love story by michael moore.

I hope ppl read and cherish the constitution an themen who gave it to us.

Bribes and kickbacks? Is it legal for these private prisons to do this? If not, why aren't THEY in trouble as well?