RandomGuy
06-29-2017, 04:17 PM
After a slew of scandals (remember kids for cash?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
... as well as studies that showed that private prisons were neither transparent, nor cheaper than government run prisons, they are poised to make a comeback.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128799045003004
These things cost more, are rife with abuses of all sorts, including outright corruption.
Yet the companies pushing for this have gotten politicians in their pockets.
Letting private companies profit from incarceration is dangerous.
... as well as studies that showed that private prisons were neither transparent, nor cheaper than government run prisons, they are poised to make a comeback.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128799045003004
These things cost more, are rife with abuses of all sorts, including outright corruption.
Yet the companies pushing for this have gotten politicians in their pockets.
Letting private companies profit from incarceration is dangerous.