Maybe the family could pay for premium incarceration to be housed in the US. I am sure there are lots of inmates who are never visited during their entire stay.
And the wealthy don't get enough preferential treatment in the criminal justice system now?
The current system does a great job draining additional money from poor inmates and their families. Just look at the price of phone calls, one of the most basic means to keep people connected.
The wealthy are already less likely to be investigated (living in a non-poor neighborhood), less likely to be charged with a crime (better lawyers), and less likely to be convicted (ditto).
I think there is a huge untapped market in privatizing prosecutorial duties, with the full cost of a trial born on a 3rd party to go after (for instance) environmental and white collar crime, while that 3rd party would see at least half of the money from fines as well as court costs. It would be a corporation that eats the rich.
And the wealthy don't get enough preferential treatment in the criminal justice system now?
The current system does a great job draining additional money from poor inmates and their families. Just look at the price of phone calls, one of the most basic means to keep people connected.
The wealthy are already less likely to be investigated (living in a non-poor neighborhood), less likely to be charged with a crime (better lawyers), and less likely to be convicted (ditto).