"White middle/upper class" are statistically much less likely to be personally affected by these prison policies. Nothing about Weev's treatment is unusual; it's just that nobody cares when it happens to "normal criminals" who are disproportionately not white or rich.
Humans are likely to ignore a problem that doesn't affect anyone they know or identify with.
Humans are likely to ignore a problem that doesn't affect anyone they know or identify with.