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To: Heywood40 who wrote (1543317)	6/18/2025 2:11:26 AM
From: Maple MAGA	Respond to of 1578105

“Wir schaffen das” — NOT Posted on June 17, 2025 by Baron Bodissey Since the Great Migration Crisis of 2015, “asylum seekers” have been pouring into Germany, sucking up welfare benefits and filling up the refugee accommodations — and the prisons. They commit a disproportionate number of violent crimes, and are thus disproportionately represented among inmates of the German prison system. Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Junge Freiheit. The translator’s comments are in square brackets: Despite naturalizations and double citizenship Almost every second prison inmate is a foreigner Germany’s prisons are at the limit; language barriers and disrespect weigh on judicial officials. And the cost of mass immigration to taxpayers is enormous. BERLIN The mass migration to Germany has increasingly been reflected in prison statistics. According to a recent survey in all 16 federal states, 59,877 people are currently detained — including remand prisoners. Of these, 26,710 are foreigners, which corresponds to a share of 45%. This means that the proportion of foreigners in Germany’s prisons is almost three times as high as their proportion in the population. Figures from the Federal Statistical Office show that between 2017 and 2024, the proportion of foreign prisoners — without pre-trial detention — rose from 30% to 37%. The high proportion of young men from immigrant groups is striking. A statistical factor further distorts the picture: Detainees with dual citizenship are listed as Germans. If one were to attribute this to the group of foreigners, the proportion of foreigners would be 60% instead of 56% in Berlin — 48% instead of 41% in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also not recorded how many prisoners with exclusively German citizenship have a migration background. Arab prisoners bring challenges In several federal states, Syrians now constitute the largest group among foreign prisoners, for example in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. In Brandenburg and Saxony perpetrators from Poland dominate, in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia Turks are most often represented. A special case is Hesse: There are conspicuously many North Africans imprisoned — especially Algerians and Moroccans. The reason is the robust drug scene in the Frankfurt area, which is characterized by dealers from these countries. [Serious consequences for them would cause real miracles, because even prison in Germany is still better for these ‘enrichers’ than returning home, where many have only fled from because they were already criminals there and jail threatened them. Native German? — Prison Naturalized with passport or migrant background? — Citizenship revoked and deportation to the country of the parents’ origin. Migrant — Immediate deportation ] The increasing proportion of foreigners poses considerable challenges for the prison system. According to René Müller of the Federal Association of Prison Service Officers, many inmates from the Arab region refused to cooperate with female prison officers: “It is not in their culture to let a woman order them around.” In addition, there are language barriers that make reintegration difficult. Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Justice Minister Marion Gentges (CDU) also warns: “The increasing proportion of foreign prisoners, especially from North Africa, brings difficulties — such as language barriers and psychological abnormalities.” [That abnormality is called Islam.] One therefore relies increasingly on video interpreters. Prisoners cost eleven million euros a day “Young men are more likely to commit crimes than older men”, says Axel Dessecker, a professor at the Institute of Criminal Sciences in Göttingen. This group is disproportionately represented among asylum seekers. The Cologne criminologist Frank Neubacher also points out structural differences between Germans and foreigners: For this reason alone, non-German people combine more criminogenic factors — such as lower education, low income, restricted housing conditions and less participation.” [Well, they seem to participate quite happily when it comes to rape, murder and all the other culture-enriching practices they bestow on the German taxpayer.] The penal system costs the German taxpayer large sums every day. According to the Ministry of Justice in Baden-Württemberg, each prisoner costs €154.66 for personnel, €5.21 for facilities and €19.76 for construction measures — a total of €179.63 per day. With almost 60,000 prisoners, costs of more than €10.8 million per day. Afterword from the translator: I’m pretty sure that the German Government is thrilled by that. After all, now they can even employ even more bureau-rats and thugs. According to the Federal Statistical Office, about 5.4 million individuals are working for the German state already, of the +/- 46.1 million employed in total. That’s about 12% of those that are in employment in Germany, who aren’t creating any wealth and just gobble up the German people’s taxes. And then there are the millions of “culture-enriching” migrants who are living it up on the German taxpayer’s back, too. That’s utterly insane. I wonder when that bloody bubble bursts? And that won’t be a pretty sight.

To: Heywood40 who wrote (1543317)	6/18/2025 2:17:37 AM
From: Maple MAGA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578105

Indicted Atlantic City Mayor Wins Democratic Primary By Over 1,000 Votes by Tyler Durden Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025 - 04:00 PM It's only fitting that corruption pays off in a town that was bankrolled by the mob... Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small is, to put it gently, in legal hot water. Facing criminal charges related to child abuse and witness tampering, Small is heading toward a July 2025 trial in a courtroom rather than a campaign trail. And yet, none of that seemed to matter to Democratic primary voters in Atlantic City, according to WPUR. In what might be the most on-brand moment for Atlantic City politics, Small not only won his primary — he cruised. The report says that he beat challenger Bob McDevitt by over 1,000 votes (2,683 to 1,580 at last count), Small proved that being under indictment is apparently not a dealbreaker in local elections. If anything, it might just be a résumé booster. Even more impressive (or bewildering), he dragged his entire slate of council-at-large candidates to victory with him, making it a clean sweep in the primary. So what’s next for the embattled mayor? A general election date with Republican nominee Naeem Khan on November 4, 2025 — and, oh right, that little thing called a felony trial. Small and his wife, La’Quetta Small, are both facing serious charges, and he’s also been hit with a separate indictment for allegedly tampering with witnesses. They’re trying to split their cases to delay the trial, which is currently set for July. It’s not every day that a sitting mayor campaigns while preparing to defend himself in court. But then again, this is Atlantic City — a place where political drama and casino odds have always gone hand in hand.