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As a mostly conservative individual I think there is something very, very wrong with profiting from the incarceration of another person. I don't purport to have the answer, but this just feels wrong.
I do however think these fucked up politically correct policies that make the costs/hassles prohibitive for government to run need to be seriously reviewed.
Private prisons hire lobbyists to push for more laws requiring prison time and longer sentences for existing laws so they can suck more money out of the taxpayers. This extra cost is not figured into the "savings."
California got suckered into the three strikes law and their prison cost is huge. I don't hear anyone complain about that cost when they talk about California's irresponsibility.
That's why we need to fix the laws.... Violent Criminals shouldn't go to jail. They should go to the Morgue. Quickly. Without undo excessive appeals and bureacratic red tape.
.....everyone, but you.....
The 13th amendment had a specific crave out for inmates! They were not (and should not) expected to be protected from indentured servitude. After all they are criminals. Prisons bankrupt counties, when they get privatized they usually cut cost and run more effectively.
"One private prison operator in Florida the GEO Group, which runs the Blackwater Correctional Facility north-east of Pensacola, along with several psychiatric hospitals is currently facing an FBI investigation into how it managed to get the Blackwater contract in the first place. The company spent large sums in a relentless lobbying campaign pushing for privatization, and a number of high ranking Republicans are still under investigation for corruption.
The GEO Groups largest competitor, Corrections Corporation, sent letters this week to lawmakers in 48 states offering to manage their prisons for $250 million per year a tempting pitch for conservatives eyeing massive deficits and a ticking clock on their promises to cut spending.
However, reports indicate that private prisons do not actually save states money, with inmates costing taxpayers more on average than if they were housed in public prisons. Worse yet, for-profit prisons have been accused of human rights abuses, and they offer limited incentives like education and training programs, counseling or drug and alcohol rehabilitation, which help drive down crime recidivism rates."
How can a prison system ever be privatized? Who is going to pay for the services offered by the prison. The criminals? The victims? This idea of privatization of prisons makes absolutely no sense to me. Please explain.
Private companies build, or lease from the government, prisons that are run for profit. The government then pays them on a per bed basis.
Of course the more prisoners, the more profit. That is why they have lobbyists.
Privatized Prisons Don't Always Save Money
.....short-timing!!!!!
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"A nationwide campaign to stem investments in private corrections companies is gathering steam."
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How can a prison system ever be privatized? Who is going to pay for the services offered by the prison. The criminals? The victims? This idea of privatization of prisons makes absolutely no sense to me. Please explain.
Private companies build, or lease from the government, prisons that are run for profit. The government then pays them on a per bed basis.
Of course the more prisoners, the more profit. That is why they have lobbyists.
Privatized Prisons Don't Always Save Money
"More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.
There is no official record-keeping system for exonerations of convicted criminals in the country, so academics set one up."
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Privatized Prisons Don't Always Save Money
"Nearly half of all immigrants detained by federal officials are held in facilities run by private prison companies, at an average cost for each detained immigrant is $166 a night. Thats added up to massive profits for Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group and other private prison companies."
