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Also, am I correct in understanding that private prisons earn more profit if they have more inmates? So someone stands to make less money if less people go to
by davesque 9y ago
Also, am I correct in understanding that private prisons earn more profit if they have more inmates? So someone stands to make less money if less people go to prison. Any connection there or am I blowing things out of proportion?
- trhway 9y agofrequently the private prison contract contains minimum occupancy guarantees (like 80-100%). Thus government has to either send people to prison no matter what or to face the politically tricky situation when taxpayers' money would be openly wasted on non-occupied "beds".
- Florin_Andrei 9y agoWhat could possibly go wrong, with rules like this? /s
- askvictor 9y agoI believe that that is the status quo, or something similar. But I read recently about a different model where prisons get bonuses for reducing recidivism; I can't remember where it is being set up, and don't exactly have faith in private run things like this, but it's a step in the right direction.
- gumby 9y ago> Any connection there or am I blowing things out of proportion? This police and prison guards' unions are why California had the "three strikes" law in the first place. So yes, there is a direct connection.
- bmpafa 9y agoYou're right. And if anything, you're understating the conflict of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal