re: #6 Achilles Tang
Your argument sounds paranoid conspiratorial. Do you really think the entire legal/corrections system is in cahoots to ensure prisons stay full; no other reason?
No, I do think there are pockets of influence in which local authorities are being compromised. No, I don’t have any links.
I honestly can’t see any other reason why a Judge would put a teenager in jail for truancy. Since when is that the type of crime one goes to prison for?