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Old 08-13-2013, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Monkei View Post
It all depends on whether the privatization is regulated or not. Private prisons can make 40,000 a year profit of each inmate... It's a big business for these companies to lock up and keep people locked up. So who is paying this 40,000? You and me an the taxpayers. I don't think a company should profit off the back of prisoners. Much like I don't think a middle man should profit off of sick people.

There are a bunch of examples where unregulated privatization has done much more harm than good.
You certainly aren't suggesting if the prison is privatized they then get to decide who goes to prison for how long and who stays??? Last time I checked that was still determined by our justice system.