There is big money in prison systems. I remember a lot of people I knew getting locked up and going to Rikers. The stories they tell and I knew a lot of legal aid secretary's who see these cases comes across the desk and I want to cry.
No representation for the poor, they just lock you up and you get swallowed into the system and if you are lucky enough to see daylight they throw you back down the hole again. I mean it's horror movie scary how the prison system and parole boards in New York function. Whatever you do in life don't ever put yourself into the position of getting thrown in jail.