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Then could we make a small change to the incentive structure such that this becomes a non-issue? For instance, could the government pay out the fee over 10 or

• anigbrowl 9y ago
  You'll just end up playing whack-a-mole, only the moles getting whacked will be real people being treated unjustly. This is why I'm a deontologist. The pursuit of maximal utility is a fine thing, but people tend to vastly overestimate their powers of foresight and where that overestimation causes human suffering it's better avoided altogether. We already have comparative examples of systems that seem to work vastly better than our without being so radically different as to be beyond analysis, so I don't see why you're so desperate to preserve the possibility of a profit opportunity here.
• mgkimsal 9y ago
  why not let prisoners rate the prison, and withhold payments for poor reviews?
  • lostlogin 9y ago
    In many countries voters would vote in governments that promised to achieve 1 star prison ratings from prisoners. While prisoners would be unlikely to rate their prison highly, perhaps reformed prisoners are slightly more likely to do so?