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Private prisons are compensated based on the number of prisoners they house, not on the recidivism rate. Private prison companies then further lobby for harsher
by stouset 10y ago
Private prisons are compensated based on the number of prisoners they house, not on the recidivism rate. Private prison companies then further lobby for harsher sentences.
- azinman2 10y agoNot to mention they're legally required to attempt increasing profits (maximizing shareholder value) forever. If the supply of prisoners is fixed, how else can that be done other than creating worse and worse prisons?