Private prisons are incarceration centers that are run by a for-profit company instead of a government agency. The companies that operate private prisons are paid a per-diem or monthly rate for each prisoner they keep in their facilities. In 2016 8.5% of the prisoner population was housed in private prisons. This is an 8% decline since 2000. Opponents of private prisons argue that incarceration is a social responsibility and that entrusting it to for-profit companies is inhumane. Proponents argue that prisons run by private companies are consistently more cost effective than those run by…
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No
@9FNKP8F8mos8MO
Studies estimate that between 4-6% of people incarcerated in US prisons are actually innocent. If 5% of individuals are actually innocent, that means 1/20 criminal cases result in a wrongful conviction.
Private prisons make their owners wealthier by getting more prisoners and spending less on them.
Public prisons are accountable to the voters.
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@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
Yes, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
@9LXF4HS2wks2W
Prisons should be about rehabilitation for the individuals, not profit. Private Prisons can't be trusted to not want to turn a profit.
@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
Yes
@9G3PFDJ 7mos7MO
If we privatize prisons, we lose oversight over what happens in them, and criminal activity is more likely WITHIN the prison
@ISIDEWITH5yrs5Y
Yes, but eliminate contractual occupancy quotas
@9FNKP8F8mos8MO
I feel like with these private prisons there will be more wrongful convictions just to make profit on these so called criminal's
Even without a mandated quota, more prisoners equals more money. Any Private jail will seek to incarcerate as many people for as long as they can, because at the end of the day, they're a business.
@8D7X8VBNew Liberty4yrs4Y
No, private companies want to grow and they grow with more inmates. A viscous cycle that private companies will take advantage of for their gain ... not what is morally right.
@8TFN6B63yrs3Y
Yes and switch to a tent city prison system
No, private companies can easily lead to corrupt leadership
@8JCJLFZ4yrs4Y
Regardless, funding should be given based on how well prisons rehabilitate convicts.
@8WVRC5K3yrs3Y
No and switch to a tent city prison system
No, private prisons will emphasize contractual occupancy quotas and profit over all other factors
@8ZK6YZV2yrs2Y
No, but they should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
@95Q436M2yrs2Y
Yes, but they should eliminate contractual occupancy quotas and be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
@8SPV3WV3yrs3Y
All prisons should be privatized
@8J9KPHM4yrs4Y
Regardless, the prison system needs an overhaul
@9DNTZZ89mos9MO
Regardless, prisons should be regulated well enough to not qualify as cruel punishment.
@9CMH5W610mos10MO
No, private prisons are immoral and nobody should be profiting off the incarceration of another human being.
@mun68c72yrs2Y
Government shouldn't be involved in the prison system.
@8T2K6ZH3yrs3Y
No and abolish Private Prisons.
@8PPQSNV3yrs3Y
Yes, fully privatize all prisons
@8PYGY3H3yrs3Y
Yes, but every prison should be completely privatized
@dangardner4yrs4Y
Yes, but measures need to be taken to hold the private companies accountable for all their actions and the outcomes of their policies.
@8CS5Z92Independent4yrs4Y
No, because privatization could result in prisoners being concentrated in select communities or states against the will of the local population based on a company's business preference.
No, and prison should be abolished
@8GW4VVJLibertarian4yrs4Y
Government shouldn't hire anything, allow private prisons to operate without aid of government.
@8XJWMPM2yrs2Y
No, and free all non-violent prisoners. Instead, fine non-violent criminals or make non-violent criminals do community service.
I do not really know much about this
@9MDD3XT1 day1D
No this is ludicrous, and this should be stopped and non violent criminals who fueled these profit centers should be released.
@JakeRVN01 5 days5D
No, I don’t think there can be a truly effective private prison system. It’s one thing the government does better.
@9M7X92J6 days6D
In this generation private prisons have been a wide open door for corruption.
Until we can see these prisions responsibly administered on a regular and consistently good basis we should not allow private corporations into our prison systems.
As of right now there has been way to much abuse and outright corruption.
I don't think that we are responsible enough on any end for private corporations to run these government programs in the current ways that they have been allowed to.
Maybe when the public gets back into the Bible and starts caring about the prisoners and other vulnerable populations we can try again.
But please keep in mind that the prisoners have no say in this current system nor do their families, and the prisoners are being treated as commodities to be profited off of.
@9M7HHM57 days7D
No, instead, prisons should be managed by both the government and organizations that are committed to rehabilitating convicts
@9LYDXC8 2wks2W
Yes, but only if the court these prisoners were convicted of are also run by private companies. If not, the government should be responsible themselves for the citizens they declare to be guilty of imprisonment.
@9L4Z23BIndependent 3wks3W
If they can be ran cheaper then yes, but they should be regulated to prevent corruption, ensure prisons are kept clean, prisoners are kept safe, and no rights are violated
No, private prisons sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit and incentivize judicial misconduct
@9KJRV9FIndependent 2mos2MO
No, prison systems are already corrupt, privatizing them will only incentivize the current issues for profit.
@9KHD9C82mos2MO
Yes, but States should handle their own system of corrections at all levels and determine the best way, public or private.
@9KGSD9S2mos2MO
yes, only if private prisons are cheaper than public prisons. if private prisons are more expensive, then no
@9KB3JWZ3mos3MO
Yes but remove any quotas and require that employees treat inmates with mutual respect as much as possible, these are still humans regardless of charges
@9JZMW2C3mos3MO
Yes, and they should be strictly regulated, but public prisons should make up the majority of incarceration facilities.
@charlie3sticks 3mos3MO
Should the state incentivize incarceration by privatizing institutional violence? I think not, but again, British East India Company was traded on British stock exchange so this satanic compulsion towards violence seems more like a feature than a bug in western “democracy”
@9JPK8PT3mos3MO
Yes, but the government should provide incentives for prisons with the best-cared for prisoners, and by utilizing those better prisons, the prisons have a competitive drive to improve themselves.
@9JPFXR2Libertarian3mos3MO
Regardless, prisons should be for rehabilitation and corrections not punishment. the manor in which this is achieved is irrelevant, though i prefer private institutions not public.
@9JNB58X3mos3MO
Yes, but with the caveat that incentives should be geared towards excellence and recidivism rates, not quotas. Any work opportunities for inmates should be paid and strictly voluntary.
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