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I think what he means is even public prisons are serviced and overcharged by private companies. Inmates still get charged ridiculous rates to make phone calls,
by FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
I think what he means is even public prisons are serviced and overcharged by private companies. Inmates still get charged ridiculous rates to make phone calls, packs of Maruchan Ramen cost upwards of $3, finger print scanning machines are like $8000, the size of the most extravagant copying machine and require a maintenance contract in the age of mobile size biometric scanners, etc.
- e7c6ht6iad 10y agoI agree this is a problem, however I don't think it is unique to prisons at all. Very expensive contracts are common in all sorts of government programs, and large corporations as well. The general case is the "principal–agent problem", where the person making a decision is not the person paying the bill.