> If there's one thing we don't need, it's a fiscal incentive for the government to jail people. This, public or private, the root of the problem is that priva

> If there's one thing we don't need, it's a fiscal incentive for the government to jail people. This, public or private, the root of the problem is that private companies and unions financially benefit from a larger prison population and both have money and political power to lobby effectively. Remove the financial incentive that has bad effects and you get a better system.