I think a lot of people are arguing for accountability. Society tends to source important roles to government because it is 'for and by the people', there's dir

I think a lot of people are arguing for accountability. Society tends to source important roles to government because it is 'for and by the people', there's direct relation and accountability there. To me, private prisons are like Linux depending on 3rd party modules for something as important and ubiquitous as ext3 support. I'm all for cutting the needless cruft off of government and keeping the kernel from getting bloated, so to speak, but prisons and other major roles of society where accountability and direct communication with the people is of utmost importance, this is something that should reside within government. Like the Linux kernel, I think all important functions should stay within direct reach and have direct interoperability. At the cost of resorting to slippery slope and being light-hearted here, what's next, a McDonald's-sponsored drive-thru DMV? On second thought, DMV could learn a few things from McDonald's there but I'd be very leery of McDonald's handling my important tasks and the direct power of the people would get watered down with every government function relegated to corporations.