...and had some means to determine that it was happening. I don't see a way where the incentives to cut corners vs the cost and effort of monitoring to deny th

...and had some means to determine that it was happening. I don't see a way where the incentives to cut corners vs the cost and effort of monitoring to deny the effects those incentives would actually work out. Competitive capitalism is good at being efficient. It is NOT good at avoiding examples of negative results. Even if we say "here's the desirable target" and enforce it, the incentives will be that a large number of the participants will go below that desire in their efforts to maximize profits. If we want them to be exceeding the targets for things like safety, recidivism, and humane treatment, we can't set incentives that are "profit = how little can you do", even WITH a minimum required.