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But how will the people that profit from prisons buy big yachts?

• gruez 5y ago
  AFAIK most prisons in the us are not privately owned, so the people doing the lobbying probably aren't private prison owners with yachts, it's prison guard unions.
  • jakelazaroff 5y ago
    There are plenty of people in the US who profit from prisons but have nothing to do with private prisons. Prison labor is significantly cheaper than “normal” labor, for example. And in states like Florida, felons are effectively banned from voting, so politicians can “profit” by criminalizing their opponents’ constituencies.
  • jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
    Publicly owned prisons all contract out to the same pool of extremely abusive vendors. Private prisons are worse but not by much. The entire system is in dire need of reform, but too many voters absolutely love the cruelty of the existing system.