Re: Something's wrong here
"Wouldn't it cost the US taxpayers considerably less if the US government, out of the goodness of their hearts, just gave another $1.5M to those who were defrauded and wrote off the loss?"
This is America, not some communist state.
The US government can't go taking money out of the hands of large corporations running the prison system just because it would benefit the taxpayer.
If the US government want to benefit taxpayers, they give tax cuts. Mostly to the people who run large corporations.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
