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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/12844746

A lot of the comments seem to miss the point of what these cops are likely doing

It’s a prison for 600 people.

By losing 215 people since 2016, they have essentially been jettisoning (either intentionally or by “gang violence”) 5% of the prison each year.

They get FIVE percent more $, but to do so, requires that they kill 5% of the prison (not to mention recruiting the remainder for a total of “105%” revenue). By not reporting it for months, they kept getting federal payments each/every month for food/water/etc.

While I have you, can I posture another question?

I will preface it with this: I want all of you beautiful ppl to move here and join the (very often dumb as fuck) melting pot. But you need to know that I think you are the target of facilities such as these.

When do the feds step in for the southern states' refusal to handle/(process?) migrants across the border?

Because the way I see it...

The easiest way to flood these prisons w/ that special >105% who won't/can't be asked about (if they're still alive) would be to flood migrants in the south with the illusion of a booming job market and a welcoming population (and then use them as pawns and bus them all around the country to cause conflicts)

Adding this for some context about the border (and general demeanor) in Arizona/Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ4-VNaG3s

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That comment assumes every grave was a prisoner, yet the article outlines one case where the man was found dead in a hotel room and one case where the man was murdered.

I get the idea of a potter's field, but aside from all the other issues here, why was the next of kin not notified for the identifiable bodies? OK, the one that got run over by a police cruiser, I get that one "slipping" by, but the others? Maybe the police didn't want the hassle of investigating the murder of a citizen they didn't give a shit about?

Is the DOJ going to drop the hammer on this or what?

[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You have unknown people that can't be identified. More common than you think. They generally get buried in these locations because you don't want to lose the body in case their identity is discovered. Then you have quite a few more that they don't initially know their next of kin and it can take months to find them. These are people that pretty much have distanced themself from their family and it even friends or could be elderly and have few associates. No one claims then. In this case they need to bury them because you can't wait months to find someone. It is the respectable thing to do. And often when relatives or friends are found, they may be happy to leave them in that location. Then you have prisoners. I would be curious on the average age. If the average age is say 50, and life expectancy for a prisoner is 70, then you would expect a 5 percent attrition rate. That is not nefarious.

Point being there is not enough info in this article to determine if this is at all unusual. And your anger over finding friends and relatives might not be justified.

I personally had a brother in law died that was a heavy drug user. He stopped contacting family ten years earlier. It took agencies about a month to determine who he was related to. It is not that simple.

[–] CaptainAmeristan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Mississippi GODDAMN!