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
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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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Yes
@9G3PFDJ 6mos6MO
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
@9FNKP8F7mos7MO
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.
@8WVRC5K2yrs2Y
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
@9DNTZZ88mos8MO
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
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
@9KB3JWZ2mos2MO
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
@9JZMW2C2mos2MO
Yes, and they should be strictly regulated, but public prisons should make up the majority of incarceration facilities.
@charlie3sticks 2mos2MO
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”
@9JPK8PT2mos2MO
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.
@9JPFXR2Libertarian2mos2MO
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.
@9HS4TXQ4mos4MO
Yes, but compensate them based on how well they rehabilitate the inmates, rather than how many inmates they are housing
@9HCR2ZB5mos5MO
The government needs to completely reform the prison system because it sucks and provides very little real beneficial form of rehabilitation.
@9HBPWST5mos5MO
no prisoners shouldn't even be taken care of let alone spend more money on private officers just lock them up
@9H73QHGConstitution5mos5MO
No, collusion between government and business should not occur especially regarding law enforcement and imprisonment
@9H468F65mos5MO
Yes. But Prívate prisons should be managed and actually take care of the prisoners and help them build a life after and prevent reoccurring sentences causing humans to be deemed as a paycheck for them
@9H43KT75mos5MO
No, collusion between businesses and the government should not occur under any reason or crcumstance
@9H3SQM8Libertarian 5mos5MO
I think maybe a mix of both types. Let us see which works best. Both systems should be strictly regulated to prevent mismanagement and corruption
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