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>I seriously think the jail just wants to push people to misbehave so they stay there longer and the jail can reap more profits. Bingo. Private prisons have no

>I seriously think the jail just wants to push people to misbehave so they stay there longer and the jail can reap more profits. Bingo. Private prisons have no incentive to reduce recidivism.

wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Why is this being downvoted? Jon Oliver did a bit a while back on private prisons. The investigation uncovered an investor sales pitch which bragged of "high recidivism rates"
- maxerickson 8y ago
  Probably because it's unlikely the other poster is talking about a private prison. "Jail" often means a county operated facility and then at the state and federal level most prisoners are still held in publicly administered facilities.
- cristoperb 8y ago
  The Jon Oliver episode on prison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pz3syET3DY See also Shane Bauer's undercover report "My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard": https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-prisons-corrections-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-pri...