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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Jan 24, 2023, 12:39 PM Jan 2023

Behind bars: Virginia jails price gouging - Virginia Mercury

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Del. Irene Shin last week introduced a bill to limit the price markups and fees charged to inmates and their families for goods and services purchased behind bars. https://virginiamercury.com/2023/01/23/behind-bars-virginia-jails-price-gouging/ via
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Behind bars: Virginia jails price gouging - Virginia Mercury
From The Virginia Mercury: Del. Irene Shin last week introduced a bill to limit the price markups and fees charged to inmates and their families for goods and services purchased behind bars.


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Behind bars: Virginia jails price gouging - Virginia Mercury (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP
It's not penalty enough to incarcerate you for your crimes, we're gonna make money off you, too. CrispyQ Jan 2023 #1
Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2023 #2

CrispyQ

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1. It's not penalty enough to incarcerate you for your crimes, we're gonna make money off you, too.
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 12:52 PM
Jan 2023

I'm so sick of our everything-for-profit system!

The zealots like to say that America lost its way when it turned its back on God, but really, the only god we ever worshiped was the god of profit.

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