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Originally Posted by RunD1987
I supporrt privitizing prisons.
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Why?!!
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However, private prisons are strictly regulated by the Goverment and health services are run by USPHS.
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Private prisons are operated for profit by corporations. The S.C. has ruled that the number one job of corporations is to maximize profit for shareholders. What would you do about inmates if you ran a private prison?
Cut services to inmates
Feed them cheaply.
Develop relationships with judges and pay them a "finders' fee" for every inmate they send you (it happens!)
Lobby for stiffer penalties for minor offenses
"One strike and you're out" (imprison first time offenders more often)
Lobby against leniency for marijuana offenses
Do what you can to keep cells filled (a requirement)
Raise compensation for the CEO (options and increasing stock values are important)
In short, it would be in your interest as a prison official to keep as many in prison as possible and to do what you can with law authorities and congress to make sure that happens.
IOW you have a very serious conflict of interest.