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Hard to believe it costs so much if they're getting that much free labor. I would think they'd at least break even.

• sedachv 9y ago
  Private prison contracts are structured to basically provide taxpayer-subsidized slave labor.[1][2] It is just another Reagan-Thatcher era privatization scam. [1] http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/09/private-prisons-occupancy-quota-cca-crime/ http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2013/09/private-pri... [2] http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2015/06/private-prisons-profit/ http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2015/06/private-pri...
  • lordlimecat 9y ago
    At some point blaming administrations 30 years ago for practices continued by subsequent administrations becomes deeply dishonest. California for instance (referenced multiple times here) has had many governors since the Reagan days and could have ended the practice on a state level, and at a federal level the pendulum has swung to both sides on multiple occasions. Any of these administrations could have made it a priority, but did not.
    • sedachv 9y ago
      > At some point blaming administrations 30 years ago for practices continued by subsequent administrations becomes deeply dishonest. That statement is nonsensical. Who else is to blame for originating these policies?
      • elif 9y ago
        Choosing to maintain the status quo is still a choice. The blame lies most importantly with those who, today, could change this policy. otherwise.. why not blame the romans?