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Does "to create inhumane conditions" refer to "to create inhumane conditions
for criminals"?
Context:
"The prison industry" is burgeoning in America. More prisoners mean a vast influx of wealth for private prisons. Economic pressure has combined with an increasingly hardnosed attitude toward criminals to create inhumane conditions.
"Powerful people are making a lot of money. They don't care who's innocent and who's guilty..." [more]
to create inhumane conditions. 
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