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> If anyone ever looked at the stats and saw that people released from private prisons had much shorter life expectancy, then convicts would choose state prison
by verall 7y ago
> If anyone ever looked at the stats and saw that people released from private prisons had much shorter life expectancy, then convicts would choose state prisons.
No, they would not, because there is huge information asmyettry here and, and generally convicts have lost access to the sorts of publications with this info.
- kortilla 7y agoOf course they would. Prisons inmates are not isolated from information.
- jellicle 7y agoYou're not too familiar with prison, I guess. By and large, I would expect inmates to choose the closest prison to their family, regardless of quality metrics. What good does it do to know that some prison 2000 miles away has a really good meal program?
- kortilla 7y agoWhich state is 2000 miles in size? This article is about state prisons.
- verall 7y agoYes, they are? Considering most inmates do not have access to the internet, do you expect the state to publish these stats in good faith? Inmates to trust them? Or do they just subscribe to print editions of The New York Times? I guess I'm not sure if you're speaking in hypothetical or talking about inmates today. As the article is on California I'm assuming we're both discussing USA.
- kortilla 7y agoInmates today. They talk and information spreads very quickly into prisons via family members and other visitors.