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We don't trust for-profit private prisons. They're universally reviled.

• _jal 8y ago
  There are different uses of the word 'trust'. Portions of the U.S. do, in fact, trust prisoners of for-profit institutions to fight fires. They have no choice in the matter. (A related definition of 'trusted' used in security is people who cannot be denied access to information.)
  • bilbo0s 8y ago
    >They have no choice in the matter... ??? No dog in this fight really, but if they have no choice, can they really be said to trust? I mean, maybe through some kind of rhetorical gymnastics. Historically speaking, as soon as humans who lack choice actually get "choice", they tend to sprint right off the reservation as it were.
    • UncleEntity 8y ago
      > Historically speaking, as soon as humans who lack choice actually get "choice", they tend to sprint right off the reservation as it were. My uncle used to do this work and it was purely voluntary, he liked it because he got out into the great outdoors instead of sitting around the prison yard being bored. They don't let the "hardcore convicts" out into the forests but the minimum security prisoners who could easily escape if they really wanted to, my uncle used to get caught doing stupid stuff (mostly theft to feed his drug habit) and would do his time without causing trouble so he was trusted enough to not run off into the woods causing a statewide manhunt.